African American Jeremiad REV: Appeals for Justice in America

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Begun by Puritans, the American jeremiad, a rhetoric that expresses indignation and urges social change, has produced passionate and persuasive essays and speeches throughout the nation's history. Showing that black leaders have employed this verbal tradition of protest and social prophecy in a way that is specifically African American, David Howard-Pitney examines the jeremiads of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. DuBois,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1592134157

ISBN13:9781592134151

Release Date:August 2005

Publisher:Temple University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"

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