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Wynne, Lewis N. – Phylon, 1972
Describes the events that followed subsequent to the assignment of an all-black regimental unit to the Fort Brown military installation on the outskirts of Brownsville, Texas, in 1906, with reference to the reactions of the Brownsville residents, the Negro press, and white champions of the black cause, and to the actions of President Theodore…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bias, Black Attitudes, Majority Attitudes

Woods, Randall B. – Phylon, 1977
In 1895 the United States and France became involved in a dispute concerning the arrest and imprisonment of one John L. Waller, a black American who dared to challenge French imperialism in Madagascar. The black press, perhaps at the height of its power and influence, reacted vigorously to Waller and his goals, and to the Cleveland…
Descriptors: African History, Authors, Black Attitudes, Black History

Okihiro, Gary Y.; Sly, Julie – Phylon, 1983
A study of the wartime press suggests that the plan to incarcerate Japanese Americans (under Executive Order 9066) was government-initiated, that the public and the press initially disapproved of such treatment, and that events emanating from the government influenced shifts in press and public opinion that allowed implementation of the plan.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Discrimination, Government Role, Japanese Americans

O'Kelly, Charlotte G. – Phylon, 1982
Examines the historical development of the Black protest movement in the United States and analyzes how the Black press responded to developments and changes in the movement, from the founding of the first Black newspaper in 1827 until the end of World War II. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Activism, Black History, Black Influences, Black Leadership

Weaver, Bill; Page, Oscar C. – Phylon, 1982
Describes early court cases and decisions that influenced the struggle to end desegregation in higher education and analyzes the reaction in the Black press to the breakthroughs accomplished in those cases. Credits the press with correctly interpreting events that led to integrated graduate and professional education. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Court Litigation, Equal Education