Record #:

21718

Author(s):

Gershenhorn, Jerry

Abstract:

During the late 1930s, Louis Austin was editor-publisher of Durham, North Carolina's 'Carolina Times,' the city's black newspaper. Austin was a confrontational activist against racial segregation who utilized legal action and electoral politics through the Democratic Party.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 87 Issue 1, Jan 2010, p57-92 , il, por, f

Subject(s):

Civil rights movement; North Carolina--Newspapers--History; Austin, Louis, 1898-1971