Brian D. Behnken’s Fighting Their Own Battles discusses the civil rights struggle in Texas from the 1940s to the 1970s. After looking at three newspapers from this time period, it is clear that the San Antonio Register did not cover the civil rights movement in Texas any differently the Breckenridge American and The Cuero Record. In the 1950s, Brown v. Board of Education emerged, completely changing the segregation in schools. The backlash that came from the South was incredible; just looking at the Mansfield high school crisis in 1956 displays how desperate white Texans were to keep their children segregated. Texas resisted just as much as other southern states in regards to Brown, resulting in countless newspaper articles about NAACP action and Supreme Court orders. Next, news of the bus boycott in
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On December 6, the Breckenridge reported that “city buses ordinarily crowded with Negro workmen, domestics and school children were left largely to white passengers during the boycott.” The Record posted the same article on the same day, displaying that Anglo-American papers wished to report accurately, fairly and in a timely manner. Finally, the Register reported on the bus boycott on December 23, giving a more in-depth look at the Negro perspective with commentary from Rev. J. R. King and the mention of Rosa Parks. Despite the distance from this event, the three papers managed to report on the boycott because they knew how vital it was to the civil rights movement. Rose Parks and King made huge waves for civil rights, and Texas papers spread this information because it was important. It is clear through this instance that the Register, Breckenridge, and Record fairly covered southern states’ civil rights movements without a
On December 6, the Breckenridge reported that “city buses ordinarily crowded with Negro workmen, domestics and school children were left largely to white passengers during the boycott.” The Record posted the same article on the same day, displaying that Anglo-American papers wished to report accurately, fairly and in a timely manner. Finally, the Register reported on the bus boycott on December 23, giving a more in-depth look at the Negro perspective with commentary from Rev. J. R. King and the mention of Rosa Parks. Despite the distance from this event, the three papers managed to report on the boycott because they knew how vital it was to the civil rights movement. Rose Parks and King made huge waves for civil rights, and Texas papers spread this information because it was important. It is clear through this instance that the Register, Breckenridge, and Record fairly covered southern states’ civil rights movements without a