Following the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, segregationist leaders proposed a program of "massive resistance" and segregation at all costs, yet cracks nevertheless began to appear as some white southerners, including journalists, began to question the goals and methods of the segregationists. Segregationist leaders responded with attacks against the media, which Wallace (communication, U. of South Carolina) argues constituted a concerted effort geared at purging the South of non-conforming voices on the question of segregation. In this study he examines these suppression efforts within the broader context of segregationist public relations strategies in the media, focusing in particular on the experiences of southern professional and student journalists in Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
