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Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965
By Davis W. Houck, David E. Dixon
1013 pages
- Contributors:
- Publisher:
- Baylor University Press
- Place of publication:
- Waco, TX
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Subjects:
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African Americans--Civil Rights--History--20th Century--Sources
Civil Rights Movements--United States--History--20th Century--Sources
United States--Race Relations--History--20th Century--Sources
Civil Rights--Religious Aspects--Christianity--History--20th Century--Sources
Race Relations--Religious Aspects--Christianity--History--20th Century--Sources
Rhetoric--Political Aspects--United States--History--20th Century--Sources
Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American
Sermons, American
Synopsis
The Civil Rights Movement succeeded in large measure because of rhetorical appeals grounded in the Judeo-Christian religion. While movement leaders often used America's founding documents and ideals to depict Jim Crow's contradictory ways, the language and lessons of both the Old and New Testaments were often brought to bear on many civil rights events and issues, from local desegregation to national policy matters. This volume chronicles how national movement leaders and local activists moved a ...
The Civil Rights Movement succeeded in large measure because of rhetorical appeals grounded in the Judeo-Christian religion. While movement leaders often used America's founding documents and ideals to depict Jim Crow's contradictory ways, the language and lessons of both the Old and New Testaments were often brought to bear on many civil rights events and issues, from local desegregation to national policy matters. This volume chronicles how national movement leaders and local activists moved a nation to live up to the Biblical ideals it often professed but infrequently practised.
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Table of contents
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- Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement 1954–1965 iii
- Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement v
- Contents ix
- Preface xv
- Introduction 1
- 1954 17
- 1954 - §1 Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson 19
- §2 Charles P. Bowles 31
- §3 Reverend A. Powell Davies 36
- §4 Frank P. Graham 42
- §5 Mary Mcleod Bethune 49
- §6 Dr. Benjamin E. Mays 55
- §7 Dr. J. R. Brokhoff 65
- §8 William Lloyd Imes 71
- 1955 77
- 1955 - §9 Sarah Patton Boyle 79
- Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement 1954–1965 iii
- Rhetoric, Religion and the Civil Rights Movement v
- Contents ix
- Preface xv
- Introduction 1
- 1954 17
- 1954 - §1 Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson 19
- §2 Charles P. Bowles 31
- §3 Reverend A. Powell Davies 36
- §4 Frank P. Graham 42
- §5 Mary Mcleod Bethune 49
- §6 Dr. Benjamin E. Mays 55
- §7 Dr. J. R. Brokhoff 65
- §8 William Lloyd Imes 71
- 1955 77
- 1955 - §9 Sarah Patton Boyle 79
- §10 Sarah Patton Boyle 82
- §11 William Lloyd Imes 87
- §12 Dr. James Hudson 93
- §13 Mary Mcleod Bethune 96
- §14 Roy Wilkins 99
- §15 Albert D’orlando 107
- §16 Dr. T. R. M. Howard 116
- §17 Mamie Till-Bradley 131
- §18 Reverend Robbins Ralph 145
- §19 Sarah Patton Boyle 150
- 1956 155
- 1956 - §20 Branch Rickey 157
- §21 Reverend Paul N. Carnes 166
- §22 Dr. J. R. Brokhoff 172
- §23 Horace Mann Bond 178
- §24 Dr. James Hudson 187
- §25 Dr. T. R. M. Howard 192
- §26 Roy Wilkins 196
- §27 Reverend D. Perry Ginn 202
- 1957 207
- 1957 - §28 P. D. East 209
- §29 Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr 216
- §30 Reverend James A. Pike 224
- §31 Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson 239
- §32 Representative Adam Clayton Powell 243
- §33 A. Philip Randolph 246
- §34 Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth 250
- §35 Dr. Channing H. Tobias 256
- §36 Shad Polier 266
- §37 Reverend Marion A. Boggs 270
- §38 Reverend A. Powell Davies 277
- §39 Marion A. Wright 284
- 1958 293
- 1958 - §40 Reverend James R. Bullock 295
- §41 Dr. J. R. Brokhoff 302
- §42 Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth 308
- 1959 313
- 1959 - §43 Chester Bowles 315
- §44 Rabbi Max D. Davidson 325
- §45 Reverend Colbert S. Cartwright 327
- §46 Reverend Carlos E. Martin 333
- §47 Reverend Edward Hughes Pruden 340
- 1960 345
- 1960 - §48 Governor Leroy Collins 347
- §49 Reverend James Lawson 356
- §50 Everett Tilson 362
- §51 Dr. Benjamin E. Mays 368
- §52 Dr. Frank P. Graham 377
- §53 Reverend Edler Garnet Hawkins 382
- §54 Reverend Will D. Campbell 385
- §55 Leroy Collins 397
- 1961 403
- 1961 - §56 Dr. Haywood N. Hill 405
- §57 Colbert S. Cartwright 408
- §58 Reverend William O. Byrd 412
- §59 Robert J. Mccracken 417
- §60 Reverend Duncan Howlett 421
- §61 Rev. Ralph David Abernathy 430
- §62 Marion A. Wrigth 437
- §63 James Mcbride Dabbs 445
- 1962 455
- 1962 - §64 Heslip “happy” Lee 457
- §65 Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth 464
- §66 Robert H. Walkup 468
- §67 Robert H. Walkup 472
- §68 Charles L. Stanford, Jr 476
- §69 Reverend Duncan M. Gray, Jr 478
- §70 Reverend George A. Chauncey 483
- §71 James Mcbride Dabbs 489
- §72 James Mcbride Dabbs 502
- §73 Marion King 510
- 1963 513
- 1963 - §74 Reverend J. Claude Evans 515
- §75 Reverend James A. Pike 522
- §76 Edler Garnet Hawkins 527
- §77 Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker 533
- §78 Reverend J. V. Cosby Summerell 543
- §79 James Bevel 547
- §80 Bruce William Klunder 559
- §81 Eugene Carson Blake 566
- §82 Francis Gerald Ensley 574
- §83 Eugene Carson Blake 581
- §84 Archbishop Patrick O’boyle 583
- §85 John Lewis 584
- §86 Charles Morgan, Jr 587
- §87 Reverend George H. Woodard 591
- §88 Dick Gregory 596
- §89 Dr. Arthur E. Shelton 622
- §90 Frank T. Wilson 627
- §91 Dave Dennis 631
- §92 Dave Dennis 634
- §93 Dr. Aaron Henry 637
- §94 James Mcbride Dabbs 647
- §95 Reverend Duncan Howlett 656
- §96 David G. Colwell 662
- §97 Robert W. Spike 667
- §98 Reverend Lawrence Campbell 676
- 1964 684
- 1964 - §99 Ella Josephine Baker 685
- §100 Reverend Edward W. Harris 688
- §101 Reverend L. Wilson Kilgore 698
- §102 Reverend Duncan Howlett 705
- §103 James Mcbride Dabbs 713
- §104 Mildred Bell Johnson 719
- §105 Ralph David Abernathy 729
- §106 Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth 738
- §107 Thomas Merton 743
- §108 Robert W. Spike 752
- §109 Albert D’orlando 758
- §110 Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth 766
- §111 Robert W. Spike 768
- §112 Dave Dennis and Reverend Edwin King 774
- §113 Fannie Lou Hamer 784
- §114 Father Theodore M. Hesburgh 794
- §115 Reverend Robert J. Mccracken 813
- 1965 819
- 1965 - §116 Kelly Miller Smith 821
- §117 Hearings before the United States Commission on Civil Rights 826
- §118 Charles F. Wittenstein 852
- §119 Reverend Duncan Howlett 857
- §120 Albert D’orlando 865
- §121 Roy Wilkins 871
- §122 Robert A. Reed 873
- §123 Reverend Duncan Howlett 877
- §124 Morris B. Abram 884
- §125 Jonathan Daniels 891
- §126 Daniel Berrigan 898
- §127 Reverend Ralph David Abernathy 902
- §128 Kelly Miller Smith 908
- §129 Gardner C. Taylor 914
- §130 Theodore Parker Ferris 919
- Bibliography 925
- Index 971
- Permissions Acknowledgments 997