Aniko Bodroghkozy is an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion.

"Acute insight into the complex interaction between social change and television programming during the 1960s."--American Journalism "Equal Time goes beyond news coverage and explores the portrayal of black and white characters in television dramas and comedies. . . . A readable and enjoyable book."--The Ottawa Citizen"Thoughtful, provocative, and well-researched. . . . This is an important book."--Journalism History"A thoroughly researched analysis of the intersection between race, social change, and network television in the 1960s. Bodroghkozy shows in vivid detail how television served as a powerful tool of moral persuasion that played a key role in turning the tide toward the passage of historic civil rights legislation."--S. Craig Watkins, author of The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future  "Bodroghkozy's well-written, smart, and nuanced analysis makes us think about the relationship between the media and the Civil Rights Movement in fresh and interesting ways."--Susan J. Douglas, author of The Rise of Enlightened Sexism: How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild"A valuable addition to the maturing scholarship on connections between the African American freedom struggle and the media. A compelling and thoughtful book of equal interest to students of the media and the freedom struggle."--The Journal of Southern History

• CoverTitle PageCopyright PageContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Propaganda Tool for Racial Progress?Network News in the Civil Rights Era2. The Chosen Instrument of the Revolution?3. Fighting for Equal Time: Segregationists vs. Integrationists4. The March on Washington and a Peek into Racial Utopia5. Selma in the "Glaring Light of Television"Civil Rights in Prime-Time Entertainment6. Bringing "Urgent Issues" to the Vast Wasteland: East Side/West Side7. Is This What You Mean by Color TV? Julia8. Prime Time, Good TimesEpilogue: The Return of Civil Rights Television: The Obama VictoryNotesBibliographyIndexback cover

Aniko Bodroghkozy is an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion.

"Acute insight into the complex interaction between social change and television programming during the 1960s."--American Journalism "Equal Time goes beyond news coverage and explores the portrayal of black and white characters in television dramas and comedies. . . . A readable and enjoyable book."--The Ottawa Citizen"Thoughtful, provocative, and well-researched. . . . This is an important book."--Journalism History"A thoroughly researched analysis of the intersection between race, social change, and network television in the 1960s. Bodroghkozy shows in vivid detail how television served as a powerful tool of moral persuasion that played a key role in turning the tide toward the passage of historic civil rights legislation."--S. Craig Watkins, author of The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future  "Bodroghkozy's well-written, smart, and nuanced analysis makes us think about the relationship between the media and the Civil Rights Movement in fresh and interesting ways."--Susan J. Douglas, author of The Rise of Enlightened Sexism: How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild"A valuable addition to the maturing scholarship on connections between the African American freedom struggle and the media. A compelling and thoughtful book of equal interest to students of the media and the freedom struggle."--The Journal of Southern History

• CoverTitle PageCopyright PageContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Propaganda Tool for Racial Progress?Network News in the Civil Rights Era2. The Chosen Instrument of the Revolution?3. Fighting for Equal Time: Segregationists vs. Integrationists4. The March on Washington and a Peek into Racial Utopia5. Selma in the "Glaring Light of Television"Civil Rights in Prime-Time Entertainment6. Bringing "Urgent Issues" to the Vast Wasteland: East Side/West Side7. Is This What You Mean by Color TV? Julia8. Prime Time, Good TimesEpilogue: The Return of Civil Rights Television: The Obama VictoryNotesBibliographyIndexback cover

Aniko Bodroghkozy is an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion.

"Acute insight into the complex interaction between social change and television programming during the 1960s."--American Journalism "Equal Time goes beyond news coverage and explores the portrayal of black and white characters in television dramas and comedies. . . . A readable and enjoyable book."--The Ottawa Citizen"Thoughtful, provocative, and well-researched. . . . This is an important book."--Journalism History"A thoroughly researched analysis of the intersection between race, social change, and network television in the 1960s. Bodroghkozy shows in vivid detail how television served as a powerful tool of moral persuasion that played a key role in turning the tide toward the passage of historic civil rights legislation."--S. Craig Watkins, author of The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future  "Bodroghkozy's well-written, smart, and nuanced analysis makes us think about the relationship between the media and the Civil Rights Movement in fresh and interesting ways."--Susan J. Douglas, author of The Rise of Enlightened Sexism: How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild"A valuable addition to the maturing scholarship on connections between the African American freedom struggle and the media. A compelling and thoughtful book of equal interest to students of the media and the freedom struggle."--The Journal of Southern History

• CoverTitle PageCopyright PageContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Propaganda Tool for Racial Progress?Network News in the Civil Rights Era2. The Chosen Instrument of the Revolution?3. Fighting for Equal Time: Segregationists vs. Integrationists4. The March on Washington and a Peek into Racial Utopia5. Selma in the "Glaring Light of Television"Civil Rights in Prime-Time Entertainment6. Bringing "Urgent Issues" to the Vast Wasteland: East Side/West Side7. Is This What You Mean by Color TV? Julia8. Prime Time, Good TimesEpilogue: The Return of Civil Rights Television: The Obama VictoryNotesBibliographyIndexback cover