[Review of] Carolyn Martindale. The White Press and Black America

The White Press and Black America chronicles the many deficiencies of press coverage of black America. Martindale, an assistant professor of journalism at Youngstown State University, has worked as a newspaper reporter and section editor and has published articles in several scholarly journals. She is to be commended for her compelling and informative book

[Review of] Dorothy Sterling. Black Foremothers: Three Lives

Black Foremothers is a much needed book written about the lives of three important black women: Ellen Craft, Ida B. Wells and Mary Church Terrell. The author, Dorothy Sterling, is to be commended for her ability to piece together the lives of these women and present them in such an interesting manner. In the foreword, Margaret Walker states that the author is highly qualified to write biographies of black women because of her intense study of American black people for at least twenty-five years

[Review of] Anne Wette Garland. Women Activists: Challenging the Abuse of Power

Women Activists is a long overdue book of stories written by women who have been involved in community political activities. The author, Anne Wette Garland, is to be commended for her ability to organize the stories told by fourteen women in an organized and interesting manner

[Review of] Roland E. Wolsey. The Black Press, U.S.A.

The Black Press, U.S.A. is an interesting book written about black publications in the United States from a historical perspective. The author, a white professor emeritus of Journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University, is to be commended on his ability to organize the history of the black press in such an organized and interesting manner

[Review of] Stephen R. Applewhite, ed. Hispanic Elderly in Transition: Theory, Research, Policy and Practice

The main focus of this book is aging as it relates to the Hispanic elderly. The author states that the primary goal of this book is to offer a contextual overview of Hispanic aging-ranging from complex issues to tentative answers

[Review of] John R. Salter. Jackson Mississippi

Jackson Mississippi is a fascinating book written about the Civil Rights Movement in Jackson, Mississippi in the sixties. The author, John Salter, a white outsider and sociologist who served as advisor and organizer of the Civil Rights Movement in Jackson is to be commended for his ability to write about the movement in such a vivid and moving manner. Salter does an excellent job in describing the many problems encountered in striking out against the many injustices that existed in Mississippi

[Review of] Gilbert Ware. William Hastie: Grace Under Pressure

William Hastie: Grace Under Pressure is a book written about the life and works of William H. Hastie, the first black federal judge. Gilbert Ware, who was a professor of political science at Drexel University in Philadelphia at the time of the publication of this book, is to be commended for his ability to capture and convey the essence of the person and leadership of William Hastie

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