Approaches the African American civil rights movement from the perspective of rhetoric. Students will study the rhetorical artifacts: slogans, speeches, letters, news articles, songs, photographs, etc., produced by movement members in their attempts to instigate race-based changes to the “southern way of life” from 1954-1965.
Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement
Credit Hours:
3
Level:
Instructors of this Course
Limited-Term Lecturer