The mass movement against racial discrimination characterized the civil rights movement. It was an attempt by African Americans to try to end racial segregation. The most influential voice at that time being the voice of Martin Luther King who campaigned for changes in nonviolent means. Violence employed by the Black Panther during the civil rights movement helped in bringing awareness to the injustices that were taking place across against the black community. Apart from violence methods, media influenced the civil rights movement positively by giving extensive coverage to the civil rights movement. 1 The media covered all the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Democratic National Convention. It gave a visual presentation of what was happening to the African Americans. 2
Television and civil rights movement both had similar origins; television started to gain full attraction in the 1950s, and then went to a rise in the next years. In the beginning, the two dominant areas that were showcased were the entertainment industry and the news industry. In 1960 more roles were displayed in the entertainment industry featuring African American one example being the black hero. The African American were given positions in the entertainment industry, but apparently, the roles assigned to African Americans slanted to support the white establishment and were crime related.
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Television helped African Americans in achieving their goals in the Civil rights movement. IT helped in drawing attention to the plight of African Americans. Television played a crucial role in a certain period during the civil rights movement. They provided extensive protest coverage that helped turn the public to favor their cause and goal of equality later in the 1970s; television hindered the fulfillment of achieving their goals. 3 The majority of people who appeared in televisions at this time were whites. The television networks feared to offend their viewers by bringing up content that was related to African Americans.
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1 Seraphim Seferiades and Hank Johnston, Violent Protest, Contentious Politics, and the Neoliberal State (London: Taylor and Francis, 2016), 19 .
2 Daniel Govedar, "The Role of the Television in the 1960s US Civil Rights Movement…”
3 Milly Buonanno and Jennifer Radice, The Age of Television: Experiences and Theories (Chicago, IL, USA: Intellect, 2008), 17 .
