Steve Hallock holds a Ph.D. in journalism from Ohio University and is the director of graduate studies at the School of Communication at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of seven previous books, including The Press March to War (Peter Lang, 2012).

"In his first of two volumes ... Hallock gathers a treasure-trove of primary sources from a dozen daily newspapers across the country. Through close analysis of news accounts, story placement, headlines, photos, and editorials, Hallock reveals in granular detail how the nation's mainstream press set the agenda, framed the debate, and both molded and reflected 'social, cultural, and political opinion' during key moments in civil rights era." —Sid Bedingfield, Journalism History 45(3), September 2019

• Preface – Foreword by Patrick S. Washburn – Introduction – The Brown Decision: Separate Not Equal – The Lynching of Emmett Till; A Bus Seat Denied – Brown’s First Test: Riots in Little Rock – Activists Set the Table at Lunch Counters – Taking Freedom on the Road – Civil War II in Oxford – Martin Luther King, Jr., Orchestrates Protest Model – Wallace Makes a Stand; Assassination in Mississippi – On the Capital Stage; Some Afterthoughts – Index.

Steve Hallock holds a Ph.D. in journalism from Ohio University and is the director of graduate studies at the School of Communication at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of seven previous books, including The Press March to War (Peter Lang, 2012).

"In his first of two volumes ... Hallock gathers a treasure-trove of primary sources from a dozen daily newspapers across the country. Through close analysis of news accounts, story placement, headlines, photos, and editorials, Hallock reveals in granular detail how the nation's mainstream press set the agenda, framed the debate, and both molded and reflected 'social, cultural, and political opinion' during key moments in civil rights era." —Sid Bedingfield, Journalism History 45(3), September 2019

• Preface – Foreword by Patrick S. Washburn – Introduction – The Brown Decision: Separate Not Equal – The Lynching of Emmett Till; A Bus Seat Denied – Brown’s First Test: Riots in Little Rock – Activists Set the Table at Lunch Counters – Taking Freedom on the Road – Civil War II in Oxford – Martin Luther King, Jr., Orchestrates Protest Model – Wallace Makes a Stand; Assassination in Mississippi – On the Capital Stage; Some Afterthoughts – Index.

Steve Hallock holds a Ph.D. in journalism from Ohio University and is the director of graduate studies at the School of Communication at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. He is the author of seven previous books, including The Press March to War (Peter Lang, 2012).

"In his first of two volumes ... Hallock gathers a treasure-trove of primary sources from a dozen daily newspapers across the country. Through close analysis of news accounts, story placement, headlines, photos, and editorials, Hallock reveals in granular detail how the nation's mainstream press set the agenda, framed the debate, and both molded and reflected 'social, cultural, and political opinion' during key moments in civil rights era." —Sid Bedingfield, Journalism History 45(3), September 2019

• Preface – Foreword by Patrick S. Washburn – Introduction – The Brown Decision: Separate Not Equal – The Lynching of Emmett Till; A Bus Seat Denied – Brown’s First Test: Riots in Little Rock – Activists Set the Table at Lunch Counters – Taking Freedom on the Road – Civil War II in Oxford – Martin Luther King, Jr., Orchestrates Protest Model – Wallace Makes a Stand; Assassination in Mississippi – On the Capital Stage; Some Afterthoughts – Index.