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Black software : the Internet and racial justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter / Charlton D. McIlwain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McIlwain, Charlton D., 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Communication.
- African Americans.
- African Americans and mass media.
- African Americans--Politics and government--21st century.
- Internet--Political aspects--United States.
- Internet.
- Social justice--United States.
- Social justice.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020].
- Summary:
- "Black Software, for the first time, chronicles the long relationship between African Americans, computing technology, and the Internet. Through new archival sources and the voices of many of those who lived and made this history, this book centralizes African Americans' role in the Internet's creation and evolution, illuminating both the limits and possibilities for using digital technology to push for racial justice in the United States and across the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- BOOK ONE
- The great equalizer
- The tech school route
- The Roxbury shake
- The vanguard
- Black software comes to Cambridge
- The electronic village needs an organizer
- Want ad for a revolution
- The battle for black cyberspace
- One hundred years black: a cautionary tale
- Taking "it" to the streets
- BOOK TWO
- Collison course
- The revolution, brought to you by IBM
- The committeemen
- What happened at the homestead
- Kansas City burning
- The man's best friend
- Digital technology: our past is prologue
- Endnotes
- Selected source documentation
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from pdf title page (EBSCO, viewed October 26, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 9780190863869
- 0190863862
- 9780190863852
- 0190863854
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