The Role of the Media in the Civil Rights Movement

By Katie Thompson

The civil rights movement was a turbulent time in US history where issues of segregation and discrimination dominated society. It occured predominately in the South, and were it not for the media, the rest of the nation would not have known the atrocities occuring. Through the diligent work of reporters and news agencies, stories and pictures were published and distributed throughout the nation and the world. The scene that the media portrayed disturbed many around the globe, and was an impetus for the desperately needed change that needed to occur in the South.