Analyzes President Johnson's casting of political policy into evocative symbols, the invention and operation of those rhetorical forms, the resulting conflict over the symbolization of the Vietnam War, and the theoretical and ethical implications of those rhetorical choices. (PD)

Suggests that Whites refined two rhetorical appeals, founded originally in slavery, (the rhetorical bribe and the rhetorical threat) to maintain racial authority and control over Blacks. (MH)

This 83-item bibliography stresses the efforts of blacks to communicate publicly and persuasively to a world often hostile to their interests and purposes. Entries in the bibliography are categorized into six sections: bibliographies, rhetorical documents, general collections, learning resources, theoretical analyses, religious studies, and…

Defines and contrasts the rhetorical status (individual's and groups' potential influence in society through symbols) of some Blacks and Whites under slavery, and analyzes the more powerful forms of persuasion employed by many Blacks during and after Reconstruction. (SR)