Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom: The Exodus Narrative in America's Struggle for Civil Rights
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...
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About the Author:Gary S. Selby (Ph.D. University of Maryland) is the Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Communication at Seaver College, Pepperdine University
Introduction 11 Rhetoric and Social Movements 132 Let My People Go: The Exodus in African American Cultural History 273 The Red Sea Has Opened: King's "Death of Evil on the Seashore" Sermon 514 Broken Aloose from Egypt: The Exodus in King's Montgomery Bus Boycott Rhetoric 715 Reaching Out for Canaan: King's "Birth of a New Nation" Sermon 916 I've Been to the Mountaintop: King as the Movement's Moses 1157 Keep the Movement Moving: The Birmingham Protest 137Conclusion 163Notes 173Bibliography 195Index 207
