 In it, Roberts and Klibanoff chronicled the civil rights struggle in America and the role the press played in bringing it to the forefront.The book's major contributions were an analysis of Gunnar Myrdal and Ralph Bunche's 1944 treatise, "", which had explained the problem of racial inequality and its possible resolution, and a close examination of the contribution of the black press to the Civil Rights Movement.In 1984, Roberts was inducted into the N.C.