Rhetoric Religion and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-1965 Volume 1: 01 (Studies in Rhetoric & Religion) - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932792546 ISBN 13: 9781932792546

Publisher: Baylor University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932792546
• ISBN 13: 9781932792546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1018
• Editor: Davis W. Houck