"We want our freedom" : rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement
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xxvii, 283 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Annotation,In the decades following the Civil War, white southerners throughout the region created a system of racial segregation designed to perpetuate white supremacy, guarantee white leadership, and keep black southerners "in their place." For over half a century, this brutal, violent, and inhumane system penalized both races educationally, socially, and economically. This collection of speeches examines the conditions that made a Civil Rights Movement necessary, ranging from early supporters of civil rights for African Americans to defenders of segregation, as well as what enabled the movement to triumph. Towns includes many speeches by lesser-known persons, such as Fannie Lou Hamer and James M. Lawson Jr.
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Annotation,Most peoples' experience with the rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement today is limited to a speech or two by Martin Luther King Jr. and not much else. Towns (communication, Appalachian State U.) offers a reader that brings back the voices of many protagonists on both sides of the struggle for freedom. He presents addresses given by supporters and opponents of the racist system of segregation, bookending the work with the words of supporters of segregation from the turn of the last century and similar "rhetorics of fear" from the 1950s by men such as Orval Faubus. The bulk of the work is devoted to the words of those who fought the struggle for civil rights from the 1920s to the 1960s, including speeches by Martin Luther King Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evans, John Lewis, Stokely Carmichael, A. Phillip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, and (in one section) white supporters such as Clark Foreman and Lillian Smith. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Towns, W. S. (2002). "We want our freedom": rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement . Praeger.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Towns, W. Stuart, 1939-. 2002. "We Want Our Freedom": Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Towns, W. Stuart, 1939-. "We Want Our Freedom": Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2002.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Towns, W. S. (2002). "we want our freedom": rhetoric of the civil rights movement. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Towns, W. Stuart. "We Want Our Freedom": Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement Praeger, 2002.

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