Title: Rhetoric, religion and the civil rights movement, 1954-1965 /
Authors: Houck, Davis W.; Dixon, David E.
Publisher: Baylor University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: African Americans Civil rights History Sources; Civil rights movements United States History Sources; Civil rights Religious aspects Christianity History Sources.; Race relations Religious aspects Christianity History Sources.; Rhetoric Political aspects United States History Sources.; Speeches, addresses, etc., American.; Sermons, American.; United States Race relations History Sources.
Abstract: V.1: 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 language and lessons of both the Old and New Testaments were often brought to bear on many civil rights events and issues—from local desegregation to national policy matters. This volume chronicles how national movement leaders and local activists moved a nation to live up to the biblical ideals it often professed but infrequently practiced. (Publisher).
Contents: Emancipation Day address / Mordecai Johnson -- A cool head and a warm heart / Charles P. Bowles -- The Supreme Court decision / A. Powell Davies -- Speech to Council of Christian Relations / Frank P. Graham -- Full integration--America's newest challenge / Mary McLeod Bethune -- The church amidst ethnic and racial tensions / Benjamin E. Mays -- The disturbing Christ / J. R. Brokhoff -- The challenge of integration / William Lloyd Imes -- Speech to Calvary Christian Church / Sarah Patton Boyle -- Speech to Covington Ministerial Association / Sarah Patton Boyle -- Abraham then, and now / William Lloyd Imes -- Toward world brotherhood / James Hudson -- Spiritual rearmament / Mary McLeod Bethune -- Address at memorial meeting for Rev. George W. Lee / Roy Wilkins -- Do we still need do-gooders? / Albert D'Orlando -- Terror reigns in Mississippi / T. R. M. Howard -- I want you to know what they did to my boy / Mamie Till-Bradley -- I'm glad I was born white / Robbins Ralph.