San Antonio College Library

Thirteen essays examine the roles African-Americans played in the settling of the American West, discussing the slaves of Mormons and California gold miners; African-American army men, cowboys, and newspaper founders; and others on the frontier. Also includes a bibliographic essay.

"The power and influence of the Black press have long been ignored, owing partly to the apathy of White America and partly to the loss of the actual papers; although a register for the period lists 575 Black papers, only a few remain. The material contained in this book is drawn from the collection of Black newspapers on microfilm located at the Schomburg Library of New York, one of the most exhaustive collections of such papers."--Publisher statement...

This volume chronicles the media's role in reshaping American life during the tumultuous 19th century by focusing specifically on the presentation of race and gender in the newspapers and magazines of the time. The work is divided into four parts: Part I, "Race Reporting," details the various ways in which America's racial minorities were portrayed; Part II, "The Fires of Discontent," looks at the moral and religious opposition to slavery by the abolitionist...