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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Race, rhetoric, and media series
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Race, rhetoric, and media series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: "I don't mind my light shining" -- A rhetorical education, 1917-1962 -- Through the shadows of death, 1962-1964 -- "Is this America?" 1964 -- "The country's number one freedom fighting woman," 1964-1968 -- "To tell it like it is," 1968-1972 -- The problems and the progress -- Afterword: "We ain't free yet; the kids need to know their mission," 2012. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hamer, Fannie Lou.
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Hamer, Fannie Lou. |
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African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
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African American women civil rights workers. |
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Biographies.
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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
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Civil rights workers. |
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United States. |
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African American women civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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Mississippi. |
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Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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History. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brooks, Maegan Parker. Voice that could stir an army. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014 9781628460049 (DLC) 2013039752 |
| ISBN |
9781626741669 (epub) |
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1626741662 |
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9781628460056 (ebook) |
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1628460059 |
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9781626740334 (electronic book) |
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162674033X (electronic book) |
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9781628460049 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1628460040 |
| Standard No. |
99988418025 |
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