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Louis Austin and the Carolina Times
A Life in the Long Black Freedom Struggle
Jerry Gershenhorn
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 02/2018
Pages: 360
Subject: Biography and Autobiography, Social Science, History
| University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9781469638768
eBook ISBN: 9781469638775
DESCRIPTION
In this biography, Jerry Gershenhorn chronicles Austin's career as a journalist and activist, highlighting his work during the Great Depression, World War II, and the postwar civil rights movement. Austin helped pioneer radical tactics during the Depression, including antisegregation lawsuits, boycotts of segregated movie theaters and white-owned stores that refused to hire black workers, and African American voting rights campaigns based on political participation in the Democratic Party. In examining Austin's life, Gershenhorn narrates the story of the long black freedom struggle in North Carolina from a new vantage point, shedding new light on the vitality of black protest and the black press in the twentieth century.