King Al : : How Sharpton Took the Throne / / Ron Howell.
The incredible story of the man and legend who has come to symbolize the continuing pursuit of justice for Blacks in the United StatesThrough the 1980s, the mainstream press portrayed the Reverend Al Sharpton as a buffoon, a fake minister, a hustler, an opportunist, a demagogue, a race traitor, and...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Reverend Al and Me
- 2. Les Payne Sounds the “Death Knell” on the Tawana Brawley Story
- 3. The Early ’80s: Sharpton Enters the Realm Where White Newspapers Ruled
- 4. Black Women and the Embedded Racism of the Realm
- 5. Rev. Al, Wayne Barrett, and Old Black Brooklyn
- 6. Enter James Brown and Don King
- 7. Roots of a Preacher’s Strength
- 8. “I Know Jews from Italians”
- 9. The ’90s: Climbing the Ladder in Politics
- 10. A New Day, a New Journalism, a King Emerges
- 11. Confessions of a Hack (i.e., Old- time Tabloid Reporter)
- Acknowledgments
- Tools That Made the Book
- Index