{"product_id":"against-the-klan-a-newspaper-publisher-in-south-louisiana-during-the-1960s-hardcover","title":"Against the Klan: A Newspaper Publisher in South Louisiana During the 1960s - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLou Major\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLou Major\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by), \u003cb\u003eRobert Mann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1964, less than one year into his tenure as publisher of the \u003ci\u003eBogalusa Daily News, \u003c\/i\u003e New Orleans native Lou Major found himself guiding the newspaper through a turbulent period in the history of American civil rights. Bogalusa, Louisiana, became a flashpoint for clashes between African Americans advocating for equal treatment and white residents who resisted this change, a conflict that generated an upsurge in activity by the Ku Klux Klan. Local members of the KKK stepped up acts of terror and intimidation directed against residents and institutions they perceived as sympathetic to civil rights efforts. During this turmoil, the \u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e took a public stand against the Klan and its platform of hatred and white supremacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst the Klan, \u003c\/i\u003eMajor's memoir of those years, recounts his attempts to balance the good of the community, the health of the newspaper, and the safety of his family. He provides an in-depth look at the stance the \u003ci\u003eDaily News \u003c\/i\u003etook in response to the city's civil rights struggles, including the many fiery editorials he penned condemning the KKK's actions and urging peaceful relations in Bogalusa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMajor's richly detailed personal account offers a ground-level view of the challenges local journalists faced when covering civil rights campaigns in the Deep South and of the role played by the press in exposing the nefarious activities of hate groups such as the Klan.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore his death in 2013, \u003cb\u003eLou Major\u003c\/b\u003e worked at the \u003ci\u003eBogalusa Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and its parent company, Wick Communications, for more than fifty years. A graduate of the LSU School of Journalism, Major was inducted into the Manship School of Mass Communication's Hall of Fame in 2010. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDevils Walking: Klan Murders along the Mississippi in the 1960s\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of the \u003ci\u003eConcordia Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e in Ferriday, Louisiana. His investigative work at the \u003ci\u003eSentinel\u003c\/i\u003e made him a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting and has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and on CNN and NPR.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45610807033900,"sku":"9780807174920","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/against-the-klan-a-newspaper-publisher-in-south-louisiana-during-the-1960s-hardcover","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}