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Published on: 2004-04-05
Released on: 2004-04-05
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In the years before the civil rights era, American broadcasting reflected the interests of the white mainstream, especially in the South. Today, the face of local television throughout the nation mirrors the diversity of the local populations. The impetus for change began in 1964, when the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ and two black Mississippians, Aaron Henry and Reverend R. L. T. Smith, challenged the broadcasting license of WLBT, an NBC affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi. The lawsuit was the catalyst that would bring social reform to American broadcasting. This station in a city whose population was 40 percent black was charged with failure to give fair coverage to civil rights and to integration issues that were dominating the news. Among offenses cited by the black population were the cancellation of a network interview with the civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall and editorializing against the integration of the University of Mississippi. However, muscle, money, and a powerhouse Washington, D.C., law firm were on the side of the station. Despite the charges, the Federal Communications Commission twice renewed the station's license. Twice the challengers won appeals to the federal courts. Warren Burger, then a federal appeals court judge, wrote decisions on both challenges. The first ordered the FCC to allow public participation in its proceedings. The second, an unprecedented move, took the license from WLBT. This well-told, deeply researched history of the case covers the legal battles over their more than fifteen years and reports the ultimate victory for civil rights. Aaron Henry, a black civil rights leader and one of the plaintiffs, became the station's chairman of the board. WLBT's new manager, William Dilday, was the first black person in the South to hold such a position. Burger's decision on this Mississippi case had widescale repercussions, for it allowed community groups in other regions to challenge their stations and to negotiate for improved services and for the employment of minorities. Not Forgotten: Medgar Evers Civil Rights Leader - nytimes.com At 17 like many other Americans Medgar Evers enlisted in the Army during World War II. A star athlete in high school he participated in the Allied invasion of ... Programs A-Z UNC-TV Life-changing television Program Highlights. To access the complete PBS National Program Guide click here. Full Alphabetical Listing of UNC-TV's Locally-Produced Broadcast Programs & Series Entertainment News Celebrity and Pop Culture - ABC News Get the latest entertainment news celebrity interviews and pop culture pulse on movies TV and music and more at ABCNews.com. Project Database UNDEF Project Number Project Title & Description Grantee Project Location Project Duration Grant Amount (USD) 001: Pilot Project for Joint Civil and Voter Registry (CVR) in ... Global Communication and International Relationis ... GLOBAL COMMUNICATION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CHANGING PARADIGMS AND POLICIES Majid Tehranian Introduction. The purpose of this essay is two-fold: (1) to provide ... WLBT - Wikipedia Further reading. Kay Mills (2004). Changing channels: the civil rights case that transformed television. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-57806-519-6. Technology and Science News - ABC News Yahoo!-ABC News Network 2017 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved. Taiwan Press Media TV Radio Newspapers - television ... Saint Pierre and Miquelon Press Media TV Radio Newspapers Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Press Media TV Radio Newspapers Samoa Press Media TV Radio ... Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr. January 15 1929 April 4 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights ... The Case of South Africa Part 2 - Thomas Homer-Dixon Social Effects of Environmental Scarcity. We have shown that environmental scarcity has reached alarming levels in many of the former homelands and informal urban ...
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