Ellen Gruber Garvey, Professor of English, New Jersey City University

Writing with Scissors: Nineteenth-Century African American Newspaper Clipping Scrapbooks

October 1, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

SLIS Commons, 4207 Helen C. White Hall

Abstract: Late nineteenth century African American readers spoke back to the hostile white press with its own materials. While black writers critiqued the white press, black scrapbook makers engaged in a sustained examination and reuse of the white press, often using it against itself. This talk is drawn from Ellen Gruber Garvey’s book, which reveals the interactive relationship people have had with the media since long before the Internet era.

Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison