African American women's rhetoric
Subtitle: the search for dignity, personhood, and honor
By: by Deborah F. Atwater.
Series: Race, rites, and rhetoric : colors, cultures, and communication
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780739121764; 9780739131992
Subjects: African American women -- Language; African American women -- Social conditions; Rhetoric -- United States -- History; English language -- Rhetoric -- History; English language -- Social aspects -- United States; Women -- United States -- Language; Women -- United States -- Social conditions; African Americans -- Languages; African Americans -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Awakenings; title: And the truth shall set you free; title: African American women in the Civil War and Reconstruction; title: Leading to World War I; title: World War II and the lives of working class African American women; title: The era of the modern civil rights movement; title: African American women in contemporary politics and political organizations; title: Contemporary times : African American women and hip-hop; title: The struggle continues : steps to implementing change.