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Author:

Atwater, Deborah F., 1949-

Title:

African American women's rhetoric : the search for dignity, personhood, and honor / Deborah F. Atwater.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

ix, 175 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

African American women--Language.
African American women--Social conditions.
Rhetoric--United States--History.
English language--History.--History.
English language--Social aspects--United States.
Women--United States--Language.
Women--United States--Social conditions.
African Americans--Languages.
African Americans--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-162) and index.

Contents:

Awakenings -- And the truth shall set you free -- African American women in the Civil War and Reconstruction -- Leading to World War I -- World War II and the lives of working class African American women -- The era of the modern civil rights movement : the struggle for rights continues -- African American women in contemporary politics and political organizations -- Contemporary times : African American women and hip-hop -- The struggle continues : steps to implementing change.

ISBN:

0739121774
9780739121771

OCLC:

(OCoLC)466358837

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)