The Civil Rights Movement

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Consideration of how writing-speeches, poetry, fiction, and autobiography-from the U.S. Civil Rights movement shaped social change. Including a close look at the rhetorical strategies involved in a wide range of texts; authors include Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Taylor Branch, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, and Eudora Welty. Also considers other movements that emerged from the Civil Rights movement including gay rights and disability rights.