{"product_id":"proverb-masters-shaping-the-civil-rights-movement-hardback-9781496852489","title":"Proverb Masters; Shaping the Civil Rights Movement (Hardback) 9781496852489","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProverb Masters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eShaping the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaymond Summerville (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496852489\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRaymond Summerville’s \u003ci\u003eProverb Masters: Shaping the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e comes to . . . all manner of people interested in Black culture, folklore, and history not a minute too soon.\" - from the foreword by Patricia A. Turner\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eProverb Masters: Shaping the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e, author Raymond Summerville explores how proverbs and proverbial language played a significant role in the long civil rights era. Proverbs have been used throughout history to share and disseminate brief, powerful statements of truth and philosophical insight. Oftentimes, these sayings have helped unite people in struggles for social justice, serving as rallying cries for just causes. During the civil rights era, proverbs allowed leaders to craft powerful and evocative messages. These statements often needed to be made implicitly, as explicit messages were often met with retaliation and even violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking at the autobiographies, biographies, speeches, diaries, letters, and critical texts of Charles W. Chesnutt, Ida B. Wells, A. Philip Randolph, Bob Dylan, Malcom X, Stokely Carmichael, and Septima Clark, the volume analyzes how these figures employed proverbs in support of social justice causes and in civil rights struggles. Summerville argues that these individuals generated enough print material embedded with proverbs and proverbial language that they should be considered proverb masters. With chapters dedicated to each figure, Summerville reveals their adept uses of this powerful linguistic tool.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Patricia A. Turner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Proverbs and Social Justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One: \"Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Liberty\": The Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings of Ida B. Wells-Barnett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two: \"‘\u003cbr\u003eLiterature Is the Expression of Life\": Sayings, Proverbs, and Proverbial Expressions of Charles W. Chesnutt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three: \"Winning Freedom and Exacting Justice\": A. Philip Randolph’\u003cbr\u003es Use of Proverbs and Proverbial Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four: \"Words Are but Wind\": The Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings of Bob Dylan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five: \"Each One, Teach One\": The Proverbs and Proverbial Expressions of Septima Poinsette Clark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six: \"You Can’\u003cbr\u003et Hate the Roots of a Tree and Not Hate the Tree, You Can’\u003cbr\u003et Hate Africa and Not Hate Yourself\": The Important Proverbs, Sayings, and Proverbial Expressions of Malcolm X\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven: \"Black Power\" and Black Rhetorical Tradition: The Proverbial Language of Stokely Carmichael\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Proverbs Shaping Legacies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607716688152,"sku":"9781496852489","price":60.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/proverb-masters-shaping-the-civil-rights-movement-hardback-9781496852489","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}