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Brooks Maegan Parker |
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A voice that could stir an army : Fannie Lou Hamer and the rhetoric of the Black freedom movement / / Maegan Parker Brooks |
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Jackson, Mississippi : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-4968-0793-6 |
1-62846-005-9 |
1-62674-033-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (323 p.) |
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Collana |
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Race, rhetoric, and media series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African American women civil rights workers |
Civil rights workers - United States |
African American women civil rights workers - Mississippi |
Civil rights workers - Mississippi |
Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century |
Civil rights movements - Mississippi - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Civil rights - Mississippi - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: "I don't mind my light shining" -- A rhetorical education, 1917-1962 -- Through the shadows of death, 1962-1964 -- "Is this America?" 1964 -- "The country's number one freedom fighting woman," 1964-1968 -- "To tell it like it is," 1968-1972 -- The problems and the progress -- Afterword: "We ain't free yet; the kids need to know their mission," 2012. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A sharecropper, a warrior, and a truth-telling prophet, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stands as a powerful symbol not only of the 1960's black freedom movement, but also of the enduring human struggle against oppression. A Voice That Could Stir an Army is a rhetorical biography that tells the story of Hamer's life by focusing on how she employed symbols-- images, words, and even material objects such as |
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the ballot, food, and clothing--to construct persuasive public personae, to influence audiences, and to effect social change. Drawing upon dozens of newly recovered Hamer texts and... |
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