Lucile H. Bluford and the Kansas City Call : activist voice for social justice / Sheila Brooks and Clint C. Wilson II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brooks, Sheila Dean, 1956- author.

Wilson, Clint C., II, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bluford, Lucile H.

African American newspapers--Kansas--Kansas City--History--20th century.

African American newspapers.

African American journalists--Kansas--Kansas City--Biography.

African American journalists.

African American press--Kansas--Kansas City--History--20th century.

African American press.

African Americans and mass media--Kansas--Kansas City--History--20th century.

African Americans and mass media.

History.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Race relations.

Kansas--Kansas City.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 98 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

This book on publisher and editor Lucile H. Bluford examines her journalistic writings on social, economic, and political issues; her strong opinionated views on African Americans and women; and whether there were consistent themes, biases, and assumptions in her stories that may have influenced news coverage in the Kansas City Call. It focuses on a selection of Bluford's news stories and editorials form 1968 to 1983 as examples of how she articulated a Black feminist standpoint advocating a Black liberation agenda--equal access to decent jobs, affordable health care and housing, and a better education in Kansas City, Missouri. Bluford's writings represented what the mainstream news ignored, exposing injustices and inequalities in the African American community and among feminists--back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-90) and index.

ISBN:

9781498535632

1498535631

OCLC:

1023596788