Social justice and liberation struggles : the photojournalistic and public relations career of Alexander McAllister Rivera Jr. / Glen Anthony Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Glen Anthony, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rivera, Alexander McAllister, Jr., 1913-2008.

Rivera, Alexander McAllister.

Photojournalists--United States--Biography.

Photojournalists.

African American photographers--Biography.

African American photographers.

Public relations consultants--United States--Biography.

Public relations consultants.

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

African American press.

Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2023]

Summary:

Whether working as a photojournalist or public relations specialist, Alexander McAllister Rivera Jr., as a single disseminator of news for and about African Americans, whose coverage was not shaped primarily by racial prejudice and stereotypes, assisted in establishing the parameters of political debate for thousands of readers and institutions.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Notes

Chapter 1: The Ties That Bind: From the Wilmington Colored Educational Institute to the Wilmington Massacre

Thomas A. Rivera Sr.

St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal Church

Thomas Rivera Jr. and the Events of Wilmington 1898

Alexander McAllister Rivera Sr.

Judge John J. Parker: The Consequences of Bad Ideas

Postscript

Chapter 2: Absence Democracy, Life and Death Are Real: The Initial Push for Social Justice

Howard University, the Washington Tribune, and the U Street District

Marian Anderson and the Lincoln Memorial Recital

Dr. James E. Shepard and North Carolina College for Negroes

The Norfolk Journal and Guide, the Black Press, and Naval Intelligence

Introducing the Pittsburgh Courier

A Lynching Equates to an Absence of Democracy

Chapter 3: The Pittsburgh Courier, Epps v. Carmichael and McKissick v. Carmichael

Gaines v. Canada: 1938

Two North Carolina Schools of Law

The National Association for the Advancement of Color People

Epps v. Carmichael (1950) and Its Aftermath

McKissick v. Carmichael (1950)

Chapter 4: Clarendon County, Brown v. The Board of Education, and the Southern Odyssey

Clarendon County, South Carolina, and Briggs v. Elliott (1954)

The Pittsburgh Courier and the Southern Perspective of Integration

The Global News Syndicate Award and Vice President Richard M. Nixon

Chapter 5: Perceptions of an International Correspondent: Richard Nixon, Africa, and Europe

Vice President Nixon and the African American Press Corps

The Foundation of the African Independence Movement

From The Gold Coast to the Republic of Ghana

A Trifecta of Events

The Significance of Haile Selassie.

Sudan, Libya, Liberia, Pope Pius XII, and Tunisia

Chapter 6: The Brilliance of Public Relations

An Integral Understanding of Vice President Richard Nixon

Charles Stanback, President Gerald R. Ford, and the Art of Public Relations

The Return to North Carolina Central University, Public Relations, and President Gerald Ford

NCCU's Director of Sports Information and Presidential/Chancellor Advisor

Retirement and Acknowledged Honors

The Continuum of Historical Research

Bibliography

Archival Materials

Oral Histories

Government and School Documents

Newspapers and Periodicals

Published Sources, Dissertations, Theses, and Unpublished Comments

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Harris, Glen Anthony Social Justice and Liberation Struggles

ISBN:

9781793653697

OCLC:

1375295039