Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965, Volume 2: 15 (Studies in Rhetoric & Religion) - Softcover

Book 8 of 9: Studies in Rhetoric & Religion

Davis W. Houck (editor) & David E. Dixon (editor)

 
9781602589650: Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965, Volume 2: 15 (Studies in Rhetoric & Religion)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1602589658 ISBN 13: 9781602589650
Publisher: Baylor University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Building upon their critically acclaimed first volume, Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon's new Rhetoric, Religion, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965 is a recovery project of enormous proportions. 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. Houck and Dixon's work illustrates again how a movement so prominent in historical scholarship still has much to teach us.

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About the Author

Davis W. Houck is Professor of Communication, Florida State University.

David E. Dixon is is Professor and Chair of Political Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills.

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Publisher
Baylor University Press
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1602589658
ISBN 13 
9781602589650
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
511