Format:
Online-Ressource (323 p)
ISBN:
9781628460049
Series Statement:
Race, Rhetoric, and Media Ser
Content:
A sharecropper, a warrior, and a truth-telling prophet, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stands as a powerful symbol not only of the 1960s 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 recent inter
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: ""I Don't Mind My Light Shining""; Chapter 1 A Rhetorical Education, 1917-1962; Chapter 2 Through the Shadows of Death, 1962-1964; Chapter 3 ""Is This America?,"" 1964; Chapter 4 ""The Country's Number One Freedom Fighting Woman,"" 1964-1968; Chapter 5 ""To Tell It Like It Is,"" 1968-1972; Chapter 6 The Problems and the Progress; Afterword: ""We Ain't Free Yet. The Kids Need to Know Their Mission,"" 2012; Acknowledgments; Coda: Listen to the ""Voice That Could Stir an Army""; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N
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OP; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781628460056
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781628460049
Additional Edition:
Print version A Voice That Could Stir an Army : Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement
Language:
English
Keywords:
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