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Ring out freedom! : the voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the making of the civil rights movement /

Martin Luther King, Jr. was more than the civil rights movements most visible figure; he was its voice. Ring Out Freedom burrows deeply into King's rhetoric to consider not only his important influences but also how his words helped form and define the civil rights movement. The author shows ho...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sunnemark, Fredrik
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
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Sumario:Martin Luther King, Jr. was more than the civil rights movements most visible figure; he was its voice. Ring Out Freedom burrows deeply into King's rhetoric to consider not only his important influences but also how his words helped form and define the civil rights movement. The author shows how materialistic, idealistic, and religious ways of explaining the world coexisted in King's speeches and writings. He delineates the roles of God, Jesus, the church, and "the beloved community" in King's rhetoric. Examining King's use of allusions, Sunnemark points to a strategy of employing differen.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 273 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0253110815
9780253110817
9780253216595
0253216591
9780253343765
0253343763
1282071513
9781282071513
9786612071515
6612071516