Tenuous Place in History
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Omari L. Dyson, Academic Professional Assistant Professional (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This study seeks to ascertain whether the Chicago Daily Defender’s coverage of the December 4, 1969 assassination of Mark Clark and Fred Hampton represents a prevailing pattern among black newspapers or an aberration in the black media’s treatment of the infamous event. Moreover, we wish to determine how the black press coverage differed from that of the mainstream media. The study proceeds with a brief synopsis of the police actions taken on that fateful December morning, after which the data and methodological design of the study are presented and followed by an analysis of the findings. We then offer a biographical capsule of Mark Clark’s life and activism; heretofore, largely overlooked in the scholarly narratives of the raid. Finally, the study concludes with a discussion of the sources contributing to Clark’s near erasure from the annals of history.
Tenuous Place in History
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of African American Studies, 21(1)
- Language: English
- Date: 2017
- Keywords
- Mark Clark, Fred Hampton, December 4, 1969, Raid, Assassination, Pack journalism, Media representation, Black Panther Party, Chicago raid