Gerald Horne weaves Barnett's fascinating life story through a groundbreaking history of the ANP, including its deep dedication to Pan-Africanism. An activist force in journalism, Barnett also helped send doctors and teachers to Africa, advised African governments, gave priority to foreign newsgathering, and saw the African American struggle in global terms. Yet Horne also confronts Barnett's contradictions. A member of the African American elite, Barnett's sympathies with black aspirations often clashed with his ethics and a powerful desire to join the upper echelons of business and government. In the end, Barnett's activist success undid his work. Horne traces the dramatic story of the ANP's collapse as the mainstream press, retreating from Jim Crow, finally covered black issues and hired African American journalists.
Revelatory and entertaining, The Rise and Fall of the Associated Negro Press tells the story of a forgotten pioneer and the ambitious black institution he created.
| Contents Introduction 1. Beginnings 2. Haiti and the Bolshevik Revolution 3. World War Looms 4. War Changes 5. Red Scare Rising 6. Back to Africa 7. Cold War Coming 8. Negroes as Anticommunist Propagandists? 9. Barnett Bestrides the Globe 10. Pan-Africanism Is the News 11. The Jim Crow Paradox Notes Index | A Black Press Research Collective's Top Black Press Scholarship of the 2010s Book— Black Press Research Collective
|Gerald Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His many books include Black Revolutionary: William Patterson and the Globalization of the African American Freedom Struggle. He is a recipient of the Ida B. Wells and Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Leadership in Africana Studies.
