The Media and That War, Gene Graham, October 11, 1968

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illinoisbroadcastarchives_214T Illinois Public Media The Media and That War, Gene Graham, October 11, 1968 Program Vietnam War Illinois Public Media Media Illinois Public Media Journalism Illinois Public Media Local Events American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gene Graham speaks at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign about the media coverage during wartime. He says television, with its emotional impact, has given rise to the age of demonstrations. While Graham credits television news for garnering more of an interest in the Vietnam War, he says its coverage has not been very good because facts are often distorted for entertainment value.

NAACP and the Limits of Change: Final Session of the 3rd Annual Afro-American History Conference, November 11, 1968

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illinoisbroadcastarchives_211T Illinois Public Media NAACP and the Limits of Change: Final Session of the 3rd Annual Afro-American History Conference, November 11, 1968 Program Annual Afro-American History Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series African American Civil Rights American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories DuBois, W.E.B. Illinois Public Media NAACP Illinois Public Media National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Illinois Public Media Negro protest movement Illinois Public Media Brown v. Board of Education Illinois Public Media Washington, Booker T. Illinois Public Media Villard, Oswald Garrison Illinois Public Media Fanon, Franz Illinois Public Media Lynching Illinois Public Media Public Education Illinois Public Media Demonstrations American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories Equal Rights American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories Court Rulings American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories Civil Unrest American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories Mass Protest American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories White Resistance American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories Legislation American Archive Civil Rights Subject Categories During the final session of the 3rd Annual Afro-American History Conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert Zangrando of the American Historical Association reads his paper about how the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) influenced the Negro protest movement. As a direct response to the 1908 Springfield, IL race riots, the NAACP was established. The group’s founders represent an array of racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, which Zangrando says is a valid reflection of the progressive era. He details some of the organization’s most notable victories such as housing rights, anti-lynching legislation and integration in the classroom. Zangrando says the NAACP mounted one of the most successful protest movements in the country while following the guidelines of community action “dominated by the white majority.” However, he says many black militants during the 1960s shifted away from the diplomatic teachings of W.E.B. DuBois and focused their attention on Franz Fanon, a social scientist with a more violent tone.

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The Media and That War, Gene Graham, October 11, 1968

NAACP and the Limits of Change: Final Session of the 3rd Annual Afro-American History Conference, November 11, 1968