Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-1965 by Davis W. Houck, David E. Dixon

Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-1965

Studies in Rhetoric and Religion

Davis W. Houck, David E. Dixon

1002 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced

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The Civil Rights Movement succeeded in large measure because of rhetorical appeals grounded in the Judeo-Christian religion. While movement leaders often used America s founding documents and ideals to depict Jim Crow's contradictory ways, the lan...

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