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

Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Race, rhetoric, and media series Race, rhetoric, and media series. Contents Introduction: "I don't mind my light shining" -- A rhetorical education, 1917-1962 -- Through the shadows of death, 1962-1964 -- "Is this America?" 1964 -- "The country's number one freedom fighting woman," 1964-1968 -- "To tell it like it is," 1968-1972 -- The problems and the progress -- Afterword: "We ain't free yet; the kids need to know their mission," 2012 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Hamer, Fannie Lou SUBJECT Hamer, Fannie Lou fast Subject African American women civil rights workers -- Biography Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography African American women civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Biography Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. African American women civil rights workers African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights movements Civil rights workers Mississippi United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2013044438 ISBN 9781626741669 1626741662 9781628460056 1628460059 9781626740334 162674033X

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