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Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case that Transformed Television » (New Edition)

Book cover image of Changing Channels: The Civil Rights Case that Transformed Television by Kay Mills

Authors: Kay Mills
ISBN-13: 9781578065196, ISBN-10: 1578065194
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Kay Mills

Book Synopsis

The history of a minority-rights lawsuit that revolutionized American broadcasting

Table of Contents

Introduction3
1Seeking a voice14
2Serving whose public interest?58
3Enter Warren Burger84
4The FCC hears no evil107
5Once again, a verdict140
6Exit Lamar Life, Enter William Dilday171
7The struggle for control200
8National impact241
Epilogue265
Cast of characters269
Timeline273
Notes275
Acknowledgments301
Index303

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African Americans African American History Civil Rights - African American History
African Americans African American - General & Miscellaneous Mass Media
Entertainment Media Ethnic & Minority Studies - Media Studies
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History African American History African American Arts & Entertainment
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History African American History General & Miscellaneous
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History American History United States History - African American History
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Social Sciences Ethnic & Minority Studies Ethnic & Minority Studies - Media Studies
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