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Black Celebrity, Racial Politics, and the Press: Framing Dissent book cover

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Black Celebrity, Racial Politics, and the Press Framing Dissent

By Sarah J. Jackson Copyright 2014
220 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Shifting understandings and ongoing conversations about race, celebrity, and protest in the twenty-first century call for a closer examination of the evolution of dissent by black celebrities and their reception in the public sphere. This book focuses on the way the mainstream and black press have covered cases of controversial political dissent by African American celebrities from Paul Robeson... Read more

Introduction  1. Paul Robeson at Peekskill, NY, 1949  2. Eartha Kitt, the White House, and Vietnam, 1968  3. Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the Mexico City Olympics, 1968  4. Sister Souljah, Rodney King, and the Future President, 1992  5. Mahmoud Abdul Rauf and the Star Spangled Banner, 1996  6. Kanye West and Hurricane Katrina, 2005  Conclusion

Biography

Sarah J. Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, USA. Her research examines the construction of social identities in national debates about citizenship, inequality, and social change. Jackson’s research has appeared in The International Journal of Press Politics and Feminist Media Studies.

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