Percy Greene and the Jackson Advocate: The Life and Times of a Radical Conservative Black Newspaperman, 1897-1977

Thompson, Julius E.

ISBN 10: 0786400153 / ISBN 13: 9780786400157

Published by McFarland Publishing, 1994

About this Item

Inscribed by Julius E. Thompson on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 048518

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Percy Greene and the Jackson Advocate: The Life and Times of a Radical Conservative Black Newspaperman, 1897-1977
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786400153
• ISBN 13: 9780786400157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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Synopsis

Percy Greene, publisher and editor of the Jackson Advocate from 1939 to 1977, lost the backing of the African American community in the 1950s for his harsh criticisms of the civil rights movement. He also accepted money from the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, a state agency created to destroy the movement in the South. Nonetheless, he continued to publish the most important black newspaper in Mississippi, telling the news from the perspective of a radical black conservative.

Review

"remarkable insight into the Black conservative tradition and its role in the Civil Rights movement" -- Jackson Advocate