African American journalists: autobiography as memoir and manifesto

Abstract

Introduction: 'unexamined lives': the study of African American journalism autobiography -- Journalism: memory, history, and context -- Form, function and the public sphere in Jill Nelson's Volunteer slavery -- Volunteer slavery and the speech aspects of the autobiographical manifesto -- Surveillance and performance in Nathan McCall's Makes me wanna holler -- Jake Lamar, Patricia Raybon and the autobiographical manifesto form -- Memoir and the African American newsroom experience: themes and considerations -- Conclusion: the synergy between race, class, gender, and profession in African American journalists' autobiographies