Rhetoric, religion and the civil rights movement, 1954-1965
By: Davis W. Houck, David E. Dixon, editors
Series: Studies in rhetoric and religion -- 15; Studies in rhetoric and religion -- 15.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9781602589650
Subjects: Race relations; Civil rights; Rhetoric; Christianity; Sources; Civil rights movements; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; African Americans; History
Description: "Houck and Dixon have again combed church archives, government documents, university libraries, and private collections in pursuit of the civil rights movement's long-buried eloquence. Their new work presents fifty new speeches and sermons delivered by both famed leaders and little-known civil rights activists on national stages and in quiet shacks. The speeches carry novel insights into the ways in which individuals and communities utilized religious rhetoric to upset the racial status quo in divided America during the civil rights era." -- From the publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.