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245 12 a| A second sight :b| how the wonder and vision of Black mediamakers push America toward freedom /c| Sarah J. Jackson.;

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246 3 a| How the wonder and vision of Black mediamakers push America toward freedom;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-298) and index.;

520 a| "Since the nation's founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the U.S. experience - a 'second sight' - that reveals the truth about the nation to itself. As renowned media scholar Sarah J. Jackson charts in this bold and daring masterwork, at the center of this effort has been an extraordinary cast of Black journalists, photographers, filmmakers, radio hosts, podcasters and other mediamakers who have drawn on the visionary tradition of second sight to advance democracy and broaden our most fundamental American values. When Black mediamakers raise their voices and speak uncomfortable truths about America, they shape memories of the nation and push us toward a future more closely aligned with our espoused values. For two centuries, this 'second sight' has been an overlooked engine of American democracy. Drawing from W.E.B. Du Bois's philosophical work, along with deep historical analysis and dozens of interviews with today's most active Black mediamakers, A Second Sight shows these visionaries positioned at the margins of their industries and navigating fraught relationships to power. They've warned of the greatest dangers to democracy - from slavery to Nazism, and mass incarceration to misinformation. Their work is central to our culture and politics. Yet it is devalued, met with violent censure, or achieved only via ingenious work-arounds. This tension has sharpened their commitments to truth. Now one of our nation's foremost scholars of American media, Sarah J. Jackson, presents an appraisal that situates Black mediamakers at the vanguard of telling the American story. Brilliant, urgent and illuminating, A Second Sight is an authentic and candid grappling with a discordant thread in the American fabric and, in tracing a bolder vision for the nation, presents a way forward."--c| Amazon.com.;

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A second sight : how the wonder and vision of Black mediamakers push America toward freedom / Sarah J. Jackson.

Author/creator	Jackson, Sarah J., 1982- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Mariner Books, [2026]
Copyright Date	©2026.
Description	308 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	African Americans and mass media. African American mass media--Influence. Popular culture--United States. --History. United States--Race relations.

Variant title	2nd sight
Variant title	How the wonder and vision of Black mediamakers push America toward freedom
Physical medium	24 cm
Contents	Part 1: A Second Sight -- Part 2: Life -- Part 3: Liberty -- Part 4: The Pursuit of Happiness -- Part 5: Remembering for the Future -- Part 6: Coda
Abstract	"Since the nation's founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the U.S. experience - a 'second sight' - that reveals the truth about the nation to itself. As renowned media scholar Sarah J. Jackson charts in this bold and daring masterwork, at the center of this effort has been an extraordinary cast of Black journalists, photographers, filmmakers, radio hosts, podcasters and other mediamakers who have drawn on the visionary tradition of second sight to advance democracy and broaden our most fundamental American values. When Black mediamakers raise their voices and speak uncomfortable truths about America, they shape memories of the nation and push us toward a future more closely aligned with our espoused values. For two centuries, this 'second sight' has been an overlooked engine of American democracy. Drawing from W.E.B. Du Bois's philosophical work, along with deep historical analysis and dozens of interviews with today's most active Black mediamakers, A Second Sight shows these visionaries positioned at the margins of their industries and navigating fraught relationships to power. They've warned of the greatest dangers to democracy - from slavery to Nazism, and mass incarceration to misinformation. Their work is central to our culture and politics. Yet it is devalued, met with violent censure, or achieved only via ingenious work-arounds. This tension has sharpened their commitments to truth. Now one of our nation's foremost scholars of American media, Sarah J. Jackson, presents an appraisal that situates Black mediamakers at the vanguard of telling the American story. Brilliant, urgent and illuminating, A Second Sight is an authentic and candid grappling with a discordant thread in the American fabric and, in tracing a bolder vision for the nation, presents a way forward."-- Amazon.com.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-298) and index.
Genre/form	History
Genre/form	Informational works.
Genre/form	Documents d'information.
ISBN	9780358726500 (hardcover)
ISBN	0358726506 (hardcover)

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