To Reach the Nation's Ear

A History of African American Public Speaking

Richard W. Leeman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

254 Seiten

2022
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1231-1 (ISBN)

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Throughout much of American history, African Americans have been denied easy access to most of the traditional modes of effective reform, such as newspapers, legislative assemblies, unions and political parties. Public speaking has thus been one of the most critically important means by which leaders and individuals have reached an audience, enacted or prevented change, and created community. Dating from the earliest days of American history, the African American community has produced many notable and eloquent speakers and has demonstrated a vibrant oral tradition. The proposed volume will follow a chronological organization, tracing the history of African American public speaking from colonial times to the present.

Richard W. Leeman is professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author of several books, including The Teleological Discourse of Barack Obama (Lexington), and the editor/author of several more, including African-American Orators: A BioCritical Sourcebook and The Will of A People: A Critical Anthology of Great African American Speeches.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Liberty, Equality and Salvation: African Americans at the Start of the Nation

Chapter 2: All Manner of Reforms

Chapter 3: Emancipation, Segregation and Migration

Chapter 4: Lifting as We Climb: Advancing the Cause

Chapter 5: Waves of Reform and Revolution: The Modern Civil Rights Movement

Chapter 6: “I Am Somebody”: Public Speaking in the Age of Integration

Chapter 7: Barack Obama and the “Post-Racial” Society

Bibliographic Essay

Erscheinungsdatum	17.08.2020
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 232 mm
Gewicht	513 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-5381-1231-0 / 1538112310
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-1231-1 / 9781538112311
Zustand	Neuware