{"product_id":"the-race-beat-the-press-the-civil-rights-struggle-and-the-awakening-of-a-nation-pulitzer-prize-winner-paperback","title":"The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation (Pulitzer Prize Winner) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGene Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHank Klibanoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unprecedented examination of how news stories, editorials and photographs in the American press--and the journalists responsible for them--profoundly changed the nation's thinking about civil rights in the South during the 1950s and '60s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoberts and Klibanoff draw on private correspondence, notes from secret meetings, unpublished articles, and interviews to show how a dedicated cadre of newsmen--black and white--revealed to a nation its most shameful shortcomings that compelled its citizens to act. Meticulously researched and vividly rendered, \u003ci\u003eThe Race Beat\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary account of one of the most calamitous periods in our nation's history, as told by those who covered it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired journalism professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a reporter and editor with the \u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Raleigh, \u003c\/i\u003eN.C.\u003ci\u003e, News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, Norfolk \u003ci\u003eVirginian-Pilot \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Goldsboro News-Argus \u003c\/i\u003ebefore joining \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ein 1965, where until 1972 he served as chief Southern and civil rights correspondent, chief war correspondent in South Vietnam, and national editor. During his 18 years as executive editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, his staff won 17 Pulitzer Prizes. He later became managing editor of the Times.A native of Alabama, \u003cb\u003eHank Klibanoff\u003c\/b\u003e is the Managing editor\/news at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the former Deputy Managing Editor for \u003ci\u003eThePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e, where he worked for 20 years. He was also a reporter for three years at the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eand six years in Mississippi for \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth Mississippi Sun \u003c\/i\u003e(now the \u003ci\u003eSun-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e) and the \u003ci\u003eGreenville Delta Democrat Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756916310304,"sku":"9780679735656","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f9aed6d397b2df49aef4f21955444e87.webp?v=1780089145","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-race-beat-the-press-the-civil-rights-struggle-and-the-awakening-of-a-nation-pulitzer-prize-winner-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}