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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selby, Gary S.

Series:

Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 5.

Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Oratory.

King, Martin Luther.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Language.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Exodus, The--Sermons.

Exodus, The.

Rhetoric--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.

Rhetoric.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Rhetoric--Social aspects.

History.

Rhetoric--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Oratory.

United States.

Rhetoric--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Southern States.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Genre:

Sermons.

Physical Description:

xii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2008]

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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781602580169

1602580162

OCLC:

179101267