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    A voice that could stir an army : Fannie Lou Hamer and the rhetoric of the Black freedom movement / / Maegan Parker Brooks.
     
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    Brooks, Maegan Parker.
    Title: 
    A voice that could stir an army : Fannie Lou Hamer and the rhetoric of the Black freedom movement / / Maegan Parker Brooks.
    Publisher: 
    Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
    Description: 
    314 pages ; 24 cm.
    Series: 
    Race, rhetoric, and media series
    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 recent interviews with Hamer's friends, family, and fellow activists, Maegan Parker Brooks moves chronologically through Hamer's life. Brooks recounts Hamer's early influences, her intersection with the black freedom movement, and her rise to prominence at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Brooks also considers Hamer's lesser-known contributions to the fight against poverty and to feminist politics before analyzing how Hamer is remembered posthumously. The book concludes by emphasizing what remains rhetorical about Hamer's biography, using the 2012 statue and museum dedication in Hamer's hometown of Ruleville, Mississippi, to examine the larger social, political, and historiographical implications of her legacy. The sustained consideration of Hamer's wide-ranging use of symbols and the reconstruction of her legacy provided within the pages of A Voice That Could Stir an Army enrich understanding of this key historical figure. This book also demonstrates how rhetorical analysis complements historical reconstruction to explain the dynamics of how social movements actually operate."--Publisher information.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-307) and index.
    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.
    Local Note: 
    NMAF copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
    Subject: 
    Hamer, Fannie Lou.
    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.
    Genre: 
    Biography.
    History.
    Added Series: 
    Race, rhetoric, and media series.
    Catalog Source No.: 
    (OCoLC)ocn861671232
    ISBN: 
    9781628460049 (cloth : alk. paper)
    1628460040 (cloth : alk. paper)
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    Call No.CollectionBarcodeStatus 
    E185.97.H35 B76 2014National Museum of African American History and Culture Library Collection39088017499450Checked InRequest Copy
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