Author: Thomas Aiello File Type: pdf In the summer of 1928, William Alexander Scott began a small four-page weekly with the help of his brother Cornelius. In 1930 his Atlanta World became a semiweekly, and the following year W. A. began to implement his vision for a massive newspaper chain based out of Atlanta the Southern Newspaper Syndicate, later dubbed the Scott Newspaper Syndicate. In April 1931 the World had become a triweekly, and its reach began drifting beyond the South. With The Grapevine of the Black South, Thomas Aiello offers the first critical history of this influential newspaper syndicate, from its roots in the 1930s through its end in the 1950s. At its heyday, more than 240 papers were associated with the Syndicate, making it one of the biggest organs of the black press during the period leading up to the classic civil rights era (195568). In the generation that followed, the Syndicate helped formalize knowledge among the African American population in the South. As the civil rights movement exploded throughout the region, black southerners found a collective identity in that struggle built on the commonality of the news and the subsequent interpretation of that news. Or as Gunnar Myrdal explained, the press was the chief agency of group control. It [told] the individual how he should think and feel as an American Negro and create[d] a tremendous power of suggestion by implying that all other Negroes think and feel in this manner. It didnt create a complete homogeneity in black southern thinking, but it gave thinkers a similar set of tools from which to draw. **Book Description The black press, unity, and the civil rights movement in the United States About the Author THOMAS AIELLO is an associate professor of history at Valdosta State University and the author of many publications, including The Battle for the Souls of Black Folk W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and the Debate That Shaped the Course of Civil Rights Jim Crows Last Stand Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana and The Kings of Casino Park Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932.

Author: Patrick Lindenfors File Type: epub Have you ever wondered if there is a god? Then this book is for you. When people talk about Christian children, Muslim children, or Hindu children, they usually mean children of Christian, Muslim or Hindu parents. But all people are born with a brain of their own. Dont you want to decide for yourself what to believe? There are many books about all kinds of religions. They contain stories and tales, sometimes beautiful, sometimes frightening, sometimes inspiring, sometimes depressing. This book contains no such tales. Instead, it explains why many believe that gods dont exist. Read and think. You are the only person who can decide if you believe. **