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Peer reviewedGoldzwig, Steven R.; Dionisopoulos, George N. – Communication Monographs, 1989
Argues that President John F. Kennedy's civil rights discourse evidences an important evolutionary pattern marking a transition from legal argument to moral argument. Highlights two speeches as exemplars of this change. Asserts that this analysis is useful in the study of contemporary presidential discourse during times of domestic crisis. (MM)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Communication Research, Crisis Management, Discourse Analysis
