African-American Orators: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook - Couverture rigide

Leeman, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0313290148 ISBN 13 : 9780313290145

Editeur : Greenwood Press, 1996

Synopsis

This long-needed sourcebook assesses the unique styles and themes of notable African-American orators from the mid-19th century to the present—of 43 representative public speakers, from W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson to Barbara Jordan and Thurgood Marshall. The critical analyses of the oratory of a broad segment of different types of public speakers demonstrate how they have stressed the historical search for freedom, upheld American ideals while condemning discriminatory practices against African-Americans, and have spoken in behalf of black pride. This biographical dictionary with its evaluative essays, sources for further reading, and speech chronologies is designed for broad interdisciplinary use by students, teachers, activists, and general readers in college, university, institutional, and public libraries.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

RICHARD W. LEEMAN, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, teaches courses in rhetorical theory, political communication, and African-American oratory. He is the author of The Rhetoric of Terrorism (1991) and Do Everything Reform: The Oratory of Frances E. Willard (1992), both published by Greenwood Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Greenwood Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0313290148
• ISBN 13: 9780313290145
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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