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Author:

Selby, Gary S.

Title:

Martin Luther King and the rhetoric of freedom : the Exodus narrative in America's struggle for civil rights / Gary S. Selby.

Publisher:

Baylor University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xii, 217 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Oratory.
King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968--Language.
Exodus, The--Sermons.
Exodus, The.
Rhetoric--History--Christianity--History--20th century.
Rhetoric--History--United States--History--20th century.
Rhetoric--History--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 5

ISBN:

1602580162 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781602580169 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007042670

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)