A voice that could stir an army : Fannie Lou Hamer and the rhetoric of the Black freedom movement /

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Author / Creator:Brooks, Maegan Parker.
Imprint:Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Race, rhetoric, and media series
Race, rhetoric, and media series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13539161
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ISBN:9781626741669
1626741662
9781628460056
1628460059
9781626740334
162674033X
9781628460049
1628460040
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Brooks, Maegan Parker. Voice that could stir an army. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014 9781628460049
Standard no.:99988418025