African American journalists autobiography as memoir and manifesto / [electronic resource] :
Calvin L. Hall.
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
- xxviii, 117 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "unexamined lives" : the study of African American journalism autobiography -- Journalism : memory, history, and context -- Form, function, and the public sphere in Jill Nelson's Volunteer slavery -- Volunteer slavery and the speech aspects of the autobiographical manifesto -- Surveillance and performance in Nathan McCall's Makes me wanna holler -- Jake Lamar, Patricia Raybon, and the autobiographical manifesto form -- Memoir and the African American newsroom experience : themes and considerations -- Conclusion: the synergy between race, class, gender, and profession in African American journalists' autobiographies.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
American prose literature--African American authors--History and criticism. African American authors--History and criticism.--Biography African American journalists--History and criticism.--Biography Autobiography--African American authors. African American authors--Intellectual life.