Bala James Baptiste

A survey of the New Orleans paper from 1837 to 1914 shows reporters and editors frequent used the racial slur to trivialize Black people in news and commentary.

For nearly 50 years, commercial radio companies only employed white broadcasters to target information and entertainment to mainstream America.

Black-appeal stations were instrumental in propelling R&B into the mainstream while broadcasting news of the ever-growing civil rights movement.

An overview of historical scholarship and socio-cultural developments in America to explain how racism became institutionalized against Black Americans.