
Desegregation and the Rhetorical Fight for African American Citizenship Rights
The Rhetorical/Legal Dynamics of "With All Deliberate Speed"
Sally F. Paulson(Author)
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 21. June 2018
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-4985-6526-4 (ISBN)
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Focusing on the NAACP's twentieth-century attempt to overturn the "separate but equal" doctrine through school desegregation cases, Desegregation and the Rhetorical Fight for African American Citizenship Rights analyzes the rhetorical/legal dynamics inherent in the struggle to determine African American citizenship rights. This book begins by identifying the fundamental dialectical tension existing within all American citizenship rights between the Declaration of Independence's guarantee of "ideal equality" to all citizens as opposed to the Constitution's privileging of local, "practical" decision-making through Article IV Sect. 2, the "privileges and immunities" clause. It contends that as a consequence of that dynamic, American citizenship rights are rhetorical concepts produced through argument grounded in "all the available means of persuasion," including logical, emotional, and ethical appeals. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that the school desegregation issue came down to a question of credibility/ethics. Recommended for scholars interested in communication, law, history, political science, and cultural studies.
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Desegregation and the Rhetorical Fight for African American Citizenship Rights offers a fresh take on longstanding questions about the legal and rhetorical nature of citizenship rights. Sally F. Paulson's thoughtful, accessible study is a welcome addition to the growing rhetorical scholarship on school desegregation in the United States. -- Melody Lehn, Sewanee: The University of the SouthMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
511 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-6526-4 (9781498565264)
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Desegregation and the Rhetorical Fight for African American Citizenship Rights
The Rhetorical/Legal Dynamics of "with All Deliberate Speed"
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Sally F. Paulson is independent scholar and licensed attorney in Memphis, Tennessee.
Content
Chapter I. The Situation
Chapter II. The Road to "Separate but Equal"
Chapter III. The Graduate School "Equality" Cases of the 1930's
Chapter IV. McLaurin v. Oklahoma: "Separate Cannot Be Equal"
Chapter V. Public School Desegregation
Chapter VI. Brown II: "With All Deliberate Speed"
Chapter VII. "White Flight"
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Chapter II. The Road to "Separate but Equal"
Chapter III. The Graduate School "Equality" Cases of the 1930's
Chapter IV. McLaurin v. Oklahoma: "Separate Cannot Be Equal"
Chapter V. Public School Desegregation
Chapter VI. Brown II: "With All Deliberate Speed"
Chapter VII. "White Flight"
Bibliography
Index
About the Author