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- Title
The Parallel Rhetorics of Ella Baker.
- Authors
Carey, MittieK.
- Abstract
Scholars have done much to uncover the contributions of civil rights organizer Ella Baker. Her invitational rhetoric has been their primary focus. The titles of honor bestowed upon Baker say very little about her rhetorical discourse beyond this focus. In this essay, I analyze Baker's parallel employment of liberal, socialist, and radical feminist styles of rhetoric, alongside her invitational style. By examining a body of work that includes two Baker primary sources, pertinent quotes from several of her speeches, and several other sources, I substantiate my argument that Baker did not employ invitational rhetoric exclusively but often projected it along parallel paths with other types of rhetoric as she fought against patriarchy and sexism as a civil rights activist.
- Subjects
INVITATIONAL rhetoric theory; BAKER, Ella, 1903-1986; CIVIL rights workers; CIVIL rights; SEXISM
- Publication
Southern Communication Journal, 2014, Vol 79, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1041-794X
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1080/1041794X.2013.847478