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King Al : How Sharpton Took the Throne / Ron Howell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (178 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780823298891
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  • 973.92092 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Reverend Al and Me -- 2. Les Payne Sounds the “Death Knell” on the Tawana Brawley Story -- 3. The Early ’80s: Sharpton Enters the Realm Where White Newspapers Ruled -- 4. Black Women and the Embedded Racism of the Realm -- 5. Rev. Al, Wayne Barrett, and Old Black Brooklyn -- 6. Enter James Brown and Don King -- 7. Roots of a Preacher’s Strength -- 8. “I Know Jews from Italians” -- 9. The ’90s: Climbing the Ladder in Politics -- 10. A New Day, a New Journalism, a King Emerges -- 11. Confessions of a Hack (i.e., Old- time Tabloid Reporter) -- Acknowledgments -- Tools That Made the Book -- Index
Summary: The incredible story of the man and legend who has come to symbolize the continuing pursuit of justice for Blacks in the United StatesThrough the 1980s, the mainstream press portrayed the Reverend Al Sharpton as a buffoon, a fake minister, a hustler, an opportunist, a demagogue, a race traitor, and an anti-Semite. Today, Sharpton occupies a throne that would have shocked the white newspaper reporters who covered him forty years ago. A mesmerizing story of astounding transformation, craftiness, and survival, King Al follows Reverend Sharpton’s life trajectory, from his early life as a boy preacher to his present moment as the most popular Black American activist/minister/cable news host.In the 1980s, Rev. Al created controversies that would have doomed a lesser man to the dustbin of history. Among these controversies were his work with the FBI as the agency attempted to locate Black Liberation Army leader Assata Shakur; and his involvement in the 1987 Tawana Brawley episode. Regarding the Brawley matter, a white prosecutor sued Sharpton, successfully, for falsely accusing him of having raped the then-fifteen-year-old Brawley.It was the white press, in its glory days, that created the podium from which Sharpton became both famous and infamous. Those reporters would joke that the most dangerous place in New York was between Al Sharpton and a television camera. But it was those reporters who made Sharpton the media figure he is today.Today, as host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation news program, Sharpton has more news viewers than those reporters ever had readers.The Reverend Al’s rise to respectability is a testament to an endurance and boldness steeped in Black American history. Born in Brooklyn to parents from the old slave-holding South, he transformed himself into one of the most respected and politically influential Blacks in the United States.In his in-depth coverage, author Ron Howell tells the stories of Sharpton’s ascendance to the throne. He tells us about the glory years of American newspapers, when Sharpton began his rise. And he tells us about the politicians who intersected with Sharpton as he climbed the ladder.King Al is an engaging read about the late-twentieth-century history of New York City politics and race relations, as well as about the remarkable staying power of the colorful, politically skillful, and enigmatic Sharpton.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Reverend Al and Me -- 2. Les Payne Sounds the “Death Knell” on the Tawana Brawley Story -- 3. The Early ’80s: Sharpton Enters the Realm Where White Newspapers Ruled -- 4. Black Women and the Embedded Racism of the Realm -- 5. Rev. Al, Wayne Barrett, and Old Black Brooklyn -- 6. Enter James Brown and Don King -- 7. Roots of a Preacher’s Strength -- 8. “I Know Jews from Italians” -- 9. The ’90s: Climbing the Ladder in Politics -- 10. A New Day, a New Journalism, a King Emerges -- 11. Confessions of a Hack (i.e., Old- time Tabloid Reporter) -- Acknowledgments -- Tools That Made the Book -- Index

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The incredible story of the man and legend who has come to symbolize the continuing pursuit of justice for Blacks in the United StatesThrough the 1980s, the mainstream press portrayed the Reverend Al Sharpton as a buffoon, a fake minister, a hustler, an opportunist, a demagogue, a race traitor, and an anti-Semite. Today, Sharpton occupies a throne that would have shocked the white newspaper reporters who covered him forty years ago. A mesmerizing story of astounding transformation, craftiness, and survival, King Al follows Reverend Sharpton’s life trajectory, from his early life as a boy preacher to his present moment as the most popular Black American activist/minister/cable news host.In the 1980s, Rev. Al created controversies that would have doomed a lesser man to the dustbin of history. Among these controversies were his work with the FBI as the agency attempted to locate Black Liberation Army leader Assata Shakur; and his involvement in the 1987 Tawana Brawley episode. Regarding the Brawley matter, a white prosecutor sued Sharpton, successfully, for falsely accusing him of having raped the then-fifteen-year-old Brawley.It was the white press, in its glory days, that created the podium from which Sharpton became both famous and infamous. Those reporters would joke that the most dangerous place in New York was between Al Sharpton and a television camera. But it was those reporters who made Sharpton the media figure he is today.Today, as host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation news program, Sharpton has more news viewers than those reporters ever had readers.The Reverend Al’s rise to respectability is a testament to an endurance and boldness steeped in Black American history. Born in Brooklyn to parents from the old slave-holding South, he transformed himself into one of the most respected and politically influential Blacks in the United States.In his in-depth coverage, author Ron Howell tells the stories of Sharpton’s ascendance to the throne. He tells us about the glory years of American newspapers, when Sharpton began his rise. And he tells us about the politicians who intersected with Sharpton as he climbed the ladder.King Al is an engaging read about the late-twentieth-century history of New York City politics and race relations, as well as about the remarkable staying power of the colorful, politically skillful, and enigmatic Sharpton.

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In English.

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