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EEOC vs. the <italic>Times-Picayune</italic>: Blue-Collar Complaint Precedes Colorized Newsroom.

Authors :
Baptiste, Bala
Source :
Howard Journal of Communications. May2024, p1-15. 15p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

AbstractA 1968 complaint by a black, blue-collar worker, Wendall A. Payne, at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, led to a federal appeals court in 1976 issuing a consent decree that required the newspaper, one of the major dailies in the South, to hire more black employees including journalists. At other dailies nationally in the late 1960s to early 1970s, racial integration occurred in the newsroom because newspapers were affected by provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the need for black reporters to cover urban uprisings, the Kerner Commission report, and/or a “moral imperative.” Notwithstanding, litigation was not necessary to induce the dailies to hire black full-time reporters. The Picayune, however, required pressure from Payne’s complaint that led to an EEOC employment discrimination lawsuit against the paper. Subsequently, the Picayune diverted from its white-centered trajectory and traveled on a path leading to racial inclusiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10646175
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Howard Journal of Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177334715
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2024.2353177