Reconstructing <Equality>: Culturetypal and Counter-Cultural Rhetorics in the Martyred Black Vision.

Lucaites, John Louis; Condit, Celeste Michelle

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Publication Date: 1990

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Reconstructing <Equality>: Culturetypal and Counter-Cultural Rhetorics in the Martyred Black Vision.

Lucaites, John Louis; Condit, Celeste Michelle

Communication Monographs, v57 n1 p5-24 Mar 1990

Examines Black Americans' attempts in the 1960s to achieve legitimacy and <equality>, defined as ideological commitment to promote "sameness" and "identity" explicitly through rhetoric of control. Investigates how the culturetypal rhetoric of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the counter-culture rhetoric of Malcolm X functioned together to negotiate this <equality>. (KEH)

Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Communication Research, Cultural Context, Persuasive Discourse, Political Power, Power Structure, Racial Discrimination, Rhetorical Criticism, Social Attitudes, Social Change, Social Class, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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