It Happened on
July 06, 1949
The interracial marriage was kept a secret from the public for over a month.
After this, various newspapers reported the story in ways that expose the power of media to transmit profound bias to people who adopt the headlines as their own opinion. Watch as the same news agency (AP-New Delhi) propagates two vastly different representations of the exact same event to see which article people cite when discussing one of the most accomplished, forward-thinking and interesting intellectual couple of the 20th century.
POST CARD
How the Media Tells You Who to Love, Pity, or Hate
We like to believe we form our own opinions about public figures—but the truth is, we are told what to think before we even meet them.Featuring: Poppy Cannon, Walter Francis White. (more...)
born on July 01, 1893
Walter Francis White
American civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for a quarter of a century, from 1929 until 1955
born on August 02, 1905