By Amy Hinojosa The civil rights community knows full well the power of television. In the 60s, it wasn’t until broadcast news brought images of Bull Connor’s attack dogs and Bloody Sunday into the nation’s living rooms that Congress was spurred to pass landmark civil rights laws. Today, broadcasting continues its preeminent role in visualizing for Americans the violent bigotry of the Charlottesville march and the horrific insurrection of January 6th. Television can change minds on a mass scale. Minority broadcasters play a particularly critical role as agents of social awareness with cultural…
