News For All The People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media Book

Introduction 1

I The Age of Newspapers

1 "Barbarous Indians" and "Rebellious Negroes" 19

2 In the Mail: The Post Office, the Press and the Mass Political Party 31

3 Inciting to Riot: The Age of Jackson 41

II Rebel Voices

4 A New Democratic Press 63

5 Priests, Mobs, and Know-Nothings: The Early Spanish-Language Press 69

6 The Indian "War of Words 93

7 To Plead Our Own Cause: The Early Black Press 109

8 "The Chinese Must Go!" 123

III The Age of News Networks

9 Wiring the News 137

10 The Progressive Era and the Colored Press 161

IV The Age of Broadcasting

11 Words with Wings 185

12 Trouble in the Streets 209

13 Other Voices: Amos 'n' Andy, the "Sunshine Lady" and Los Madrugadores 231

14 Uniting the Home Front 257

15 The Color Line and the Public Interest: The Post-War Period 277

16 Fierce Rebellion, Furious Reaction: 1963-2003 301

V The Age of the Internet

17 Controlling the Means of Transmission: Old Media's Fall and New Media's Rise 343

Acknowledgements 377

Notes 379

Index 431