MALCOLM X: THE CONFERENCE

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Progressive Publishers and Media Wars

Online Reference : Malcolm X : Research site
Reparations
 

Malcolm X

Malcolm X, Autobiography, chapter 14 on the origin of 
Muhammad Speaks Newspaper

Discussion Questions

1. What is the meaning of the New York Times having on its masthead  "All the news thats fit to print"?
2. Why is the right wing against public radio and television?
3. Why does it matter who controls the media of the Black community?
4. Why is it so hard to find media containing Black radical views?

Additional Reading  

1. Robert Waterman McChesney, Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times (2000)
2. Lawrence Wallack, Katie Woodruff, Lori Dorfman, Iris Diaz, News for a Change: An Advocate's Guide to Working With the Media (1999)
3. John Nichols, Robert Waterman McChesney, Barbara Ehrenreich (Introduction), Ralph Nader, Paul Wellstone, It's the Media, Stupid (2000)
4. Charles A. Simmons, The African American Press : A History of News Coverage During National Crises, With Special Reference to Four Black Newspapers, 1827-1965 (1997)
 

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