Jane Rhodes Knihy

A pioneering figure in the fight against slavery and oppression, Mary Ann Shadd Cary was the first African American woman to publish and edit a newspaper in North America. She played a significant role in various social and political movements of the nineteenth century, including abolition, black emigration, women's rights, and temperance. This exploration of her life highlights the free black experience, emerging black nationalisms, and African American gender ideologies, while the new edition includes an epilogue and additional photographs.

A potent symbol of black power and radical inspiration, the Black Panthers still evoke strong emotions. This edition of Jane Rhodes's acclaimed study examines the extraordinary staying power of the Black Panthers in the American imagination. Probing the group's longtime relationship to the media, Rhodes traces how the Panthers articulated their message through symbols and tactics the mass media could not resist. By exploiting press coverage through everything from posters to public appearances to photo ops, the Panthers created a linguistic and symbolic universe as salient today as during the group's heyday. They also pioneered a sophisticated version of mass media activism that powers contemporary African American protest. Featuring a timely new preface by the author, Framing the Black Panthers is a breakthrough reconsideration of a fascinating phenomenon.