Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Gentine, Steven Michael
Author's Email Address	mgentine@fsu.edu
URN	etd-04142009-101846
Title	The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's Congressional Challenge of 1964-64: A Case Study in Radical Persuasion
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Communication, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Davis Houck Committee Chair Jennifer Proffitt Committee Member John Mayo Committee Member
Keywords	Congress Mississippi Rhetoric Civil Rights
Date of Defense	2008-12-16
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This thesis explores the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's 1965 Challenge to the legitimacy of that state's Congressional Delegation. It examines that Challenge as a rhetorical act and places it in the context of the broader Civil Rights discourse. Further, it seeks to establish that the Challenge, as a rhetorical act, played an important role in the development of crucial Civil Rights legislation, namely 1965's Voting Rights Act.
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