A Voice That Could Stir an Army : Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement /

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A sharecropper, a warrior, and a truth-telling prophet, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stands as a powerful symbol not only of the 1960s black freedom movement, but also of the enduring human struggle against oppression. A Voice That Could Stir an Army is a rhetorical biography that tells the story of...

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Main Author: Brooks, Maegan Parker
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hamer, Fannie Lou.
Civil rights workers.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American women civil rights workers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Biographies.
Defenseuses des droits de l'homme noires americaines > Mississippi > Biographies.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies.
Defenseuses des droits de l'homme noires americaines > Biographies.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
African American women civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
United States.
Mississippi.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A sharecropper, a warrior, and a truth-telling prophet, Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) stands as a powerful symbol not only of the 1960s black freedom movement, but also of the enduring human struggle against oppression. A Voice That Could Stir an Army is a rhetorical biography that tells the story of Hamer's life by focusing on how she employed symbols-- images, words, and even material objects such as the ballot, food, and clothing--to construct persuasive public personae, to influence audiences, and to effect social change. Drawing upon dozens of newly recovered Hamer texts and r.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9781626740334

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