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Author Sunnemark, Fredrik.

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

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 273 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "There must be somebody to communicate ..." -- A discourse of faith -- Western intellectualism and American ideals -- The problem of race -- Third World, Cold War, and Vietnam -- Radicalization.
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Summary 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.
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Subject King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Language.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Oratory.
Oratory.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Political and social views.
Political and social views.
King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject English language -- United States -- Discourse analysis.
English language.
Discourse analysis.
English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
Rhetoric.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- History and criticism.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Sunnemark, Fredrik. Ring out freedom!. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004 0253216591 0253343763 (DLC) 2003012813 (OCoLC)52464939
ISBN 0253110815
9780253110817
9780253216595 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0253216591 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780253343765 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0253343763 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1282071513
9781282071513
0253216591
0253343763