Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom
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Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom

The Exodus Narrative in America's Struggle for Civil Rights

  1. 225 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom

The Exodus Narrative in America's Struggle for Civil Rights

About this book

In this beautifully written book, Gary Selby shows how Martin Luther King, Jr. used the biblical story of Exodus to motivate African Americans in their struggle for freedom from racial oppression. Through an examination of King's major speeches, Selby illuminates the ways in which King drew from the Exodus narrative to offer his listeners a structure that explained their present circumstances, urged united action, and provided the conviction that they would succeed. Selby explains how King constructed a symbolic framework for interpreting the setbacks of the Civil Rights movement, even as he challenged them to remain faithful to the cause.

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Table of contents

  1. Selby front
  2. Half title, series, title, copyright, dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. Chapter 1: Rhetoric and Social Movements
  7. Chapter 2: Let my people go
  8. Chapter 3: The Red Sea Has Opened
  9. Chapter 4: Broken Aloose from Egypt
  10. Chapter 5: Reaching out for Canaan
  11. Chapter 6: I’ve been to the mountaintop
  12. Chapter 7: Keep the Movement Moving
  13. Conclusion
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index