Martin Luther King and the rhetoric of freedom :the Exodus narrative in America's struggle for civil rights /Gary S. Selby.
Description
Rhetoric and social movements -- Let my people go : the Exodus in African American cultural history -- The Red Sea has opened : King's "Death of evil on the seashore" sermon -- Broken aloose from Egypt : the Exodus in King's Montgomery Bus Boycott rhetoric -- Reaching out for Canaan : King's "Birth of a new nation" sermon -- I've been to the mountaintop : King as the movement's Moses -- Keep the movement moving : the Birmingham Protest.
xii, 217 p. ;24 cm.
Book Details
Author
Selby, Gary S.
Place Published
City
Waco, Tex.
Date Published
circa 2008
Publication Subjects
Exodus, The--Sermons.
Exodus, The.
Rhetoric--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
Rhetoric--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
King, Martin Luther,Jr.,1929-1968--Oratory.
King, Martin Luther,Jr.,1929-1968--Language.