History Of Journalism Final Pt 1

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History Of Journalism Final Pt 1

The 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka case determined that

Rodger streitmatter, as do many historians, cites the Civil Rights Movement as

The most dramatic image that emerged from the Central High School desegregation effort was

NBC correspondent John Chancellor said that with respect to the Civil Rights Movement, journalism does not initiate social change, but journalism

In the summer of 1957, african-american leaders targeted central high shool for desegregation with the enrollment of 9 black students. this took place in

The above action is regarded as the first chapter of TVs epic coverage of the movement because

The first time that charlayne hunter gault, later of the new york times and a public broadcasting service correspondent, made the news was when

Police commissioner "bull" connor held great influence over the town considered the nost segregated city in amerca in the early 1960s. this city was

The racially mixed group of college students and civil rights activists who rode buses from the north into segregated southern communities was known as

Birmingham became the target in 1963 for what one activist hoped would be a series of supposed nonviolent protests. this person was

A massive demonstration and march took place in august 1963 with some 200,000 protestors whose actions were televised by all three networks. that event took place

Media images of bull conors use of police dogs and high pressure fire hoses to subdue protestors, many of them children, led to a reaction from the public elsewhere. they reacted by

It was during this same massive march that rev. martin luther king delivered his

In the DVD we viewed, the edmund pettis bridge that MLK and his demonstrators crossed was in

In that same dvd, we saw the president sign into law the civil rights act of 1964. that president was

The other key piece of legislation that followed the civil rights act was the

The united states initial involvement in vietnam began

In 1954, vietnam was divided in half. the north was

In 1964, north vietnamese patrol boats fired on US destroyers in a Vietnamese gulf location. this attack led to a congressional action known as

By wars end after more than 10 years, how many US men and women died in the war?

By wars end after more than 10 years, how many estimated southeast asians died in the war?

By 1972, two out of three us citizens named which medium as their main source of news

Through 1967, most news coverage of the war was favorable. however, what event in 1968 turned the coverage into one that was more critical

The most controversial story of the early years of the war was by morley safer of CBS who covered events in the village of cam ne. that story showed

The viet cong offensive during their lunar new year holiday in 1958 was

In effect, what the televised news about the above offensive did to US policy was

The man who set the tone for TV coverage after the cataclysmic new years offensive by vietnamese was "the most trusted man in america" he was

One of the most shocking and enduring images of the brutality and senselessness of the war occurred on the streets of saigon when a north vietnamese prisoner was arrested. recorded for TV during the arrest was

Walter cronkite's negative assessment of the war at that point led to Johnson to reassess his position. what did he decide to do?

Contributing to the tone of news coverage was the report of an incident at the village of my lai. what did the news reports say?

The Brown vs. Board of Education decision also affirmed that racial practices in Kansas and other states violated which of the following Amendments.

Which of the following states was NOT among those cited in the Brown vs. Board of Education class action lawsuit.

Among the attorneys hired by the NAACP in the Brown case was a young lawyer who would later go on to become a Supreme Court Justice. That person was:

The appointment of the above Justice was historically significant because

Another one of the more shocking practices by U.S. troops was revealed by television footage of Vietnamese children running down a highway, particularly the scene of a traumatized and nude young girl. That practice involved the use

In the documentary "Hearts and Minds," we witnessed the agony suffered by a Vietnam veteran pilot as he recollected his war experiences. The veteran was