03673nam 2200769 450 991079119060332120200520144314.01-4968-0793-61-62846-005-91-62674-033-X(CKB)2550000001309702(EBL)1701947(SSID)ssj0001225666(PQKBManifestationID)11707214(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225666(PQKBWorkID)11270456(PQKB)10081004(MiAaPQ)EBC1701947(OCoLC)862222414(MdBmJHUP)muse41579(Au-PeEL)EBL1701947(CaPaEBR)ebr10878916(CaONFJC)MIL615304(EXLCZ)99255000000130970220140616h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrA voice that could stir an army Fannie Lou Hamer and the rhetoric of the Black freedom movement /Maegan Parker BrooksJackson, Mississippi :University Press of Mississippi,2014.©20141 online resource (323 p.)Race, rhetoric, and media seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-62846-004-0 1-306-84053-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 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...Race, rhetoric, and media series.African American women civil rights workersBiographyCivil rights workersUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American women civil rights workersMississippiBiographyCivil rights workersMississippiBiographyCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsMississippiHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsMississippiHistory20th centuryAfrican American women civil rights workersCivil rights workersAfrican American women civil rights workersCivil rights workersCivil rights movementsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory323.092Brooks Maegan Parker1521720MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791190603321A voice that could stir an army3818084UNINA