LEADER 03673nam 2200769 450 001 9910817956103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4968-0793-6 010 $a1-62846-005-9 010 $a1-62674-033-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001309702 035 $a(EBL)1701947 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001225666 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11707214 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225666 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11270456 035 $a(PQKB)10081004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1701947 035 $a(OCoLC)862222414 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41579 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1701947 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10878916 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL615304 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001309702 100 $a20140616h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA voice that could stir an army $eFannie Lou Hamer and the rhetoric of the Black freedom movement /$fMaegan Parker Brooks 210 1$aJackson, Mississippi :$cUniversity Press of Mississippi,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (323 p.) 225 1 $aRace, rhetoric, and media series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-62846-004-0 311 $a1-306-84053-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: "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. 330 $aA sharecropper, a warrior, and a truth-telling prophet, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stands as a powerful symbol not only of the 1960's black freedom movement, but also of the enduring human struggle against oppression. A Voice That Could Stir an Army is a rhetorical biography that tells the story of Hamer's life by focusing on how she employed symbols-- images, words, and even material objects such as the ballot, food, and clothing--to construct persuasive public personae, to influence audiences, and to effect social change. Drawing upon dozens of newly recovered Hamer texts and... 410 0$aRace, rhetoric, and media series. 606 $aAfrican American women civil rights workers$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights workers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American women civil rights workers$zMississippi$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights workers$zMississippi$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights movements$zMississippi$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zMississippi$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aAfrican American women civil rights workers 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aAfrican American women civil rights workers 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 676 $a323.092 700 $aBrooks$b Maegan Parker$01593221 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817956103321 996 $aA voice that could stir an army$93913248 997 $aUNINA