TV and Civil Rights

Allison Perlman, professor of History at NJIT, reframes the relationship between television and race relations in the United States by examining the role of media reform within civil rights activist campaigns.  She analyzes how activists have challenged the organization and structure of the television industry, through license renewal challenges and fights to expand minority ownership of broadcasting stations, in order to alter the images and narratives broadcast on the small screen.

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• NJIT
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"Prometheus Radio Project maintains that a free, diverse, and democratic media is critical to the political and cultural health of our nation; yet there exists unprecedented levels of media consolidation and lack of content diversity across the media landscape. The organization works toward a future characterized by ready access to media outlets and a broad selection of cultural and information media resources. "