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Article: The work and struggles of black reporters: covering the Black Power revolution 'was the only time that mainstream media put an important story entirely in the hands of black reporters.'.(Race and Reporting)
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- Nieman Reports
- Article date:
- September 22, 2003
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It was an era unlike any other. It came on the heels of the civil rights movement. First came the urban explosions of the mid-1960's known as "the riots" and then the calls of "Black Power" and the emergence of "the black consciousness movement." What took place became known as "the black revolution," and it was a revolution that changed the country and changed the way the media covered issues involving race in this country.
White journalists, many of whom risked their lives and made their careers, covered the civil rights movement. But as civil rights morphed into Black Power, white journalists could not cover all aspects of the emerging story. Suddenly, white ...