A candid, front-line report on the continuing battle to integrate America's newsrooms and news coverage, now available in paperback.

Each chapter is a biographical sketch of an influential black woman who has written for American newspapers or television news, including Maria W. Stewart, Mary

A study of the historical heritage and current role of African-American journalists in both the black press and mainstream media. As well as outlining the histo

Winner of the American Historical Association’s 2022 Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize. White publishers and editors used their newspapers to build, nurture, and pr

As the first black female television journalist in the western United States, Belva Davis overcame the obstacles of racism and sexism, and helped change the fac