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Braden, Waldo W. – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1980
Discusses six persuasive strategies utilized in Mississippi between 1954-1964 to defend White supremacy, to resist integration, to suppress internal opposition, and to thwart efforts of the federal government to end segregation. (JMF)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Role, Persuasive Discourse, Political Issues
Peer reviewedHill, L. Brooks; Lujan, Philip – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1983
Examines the Smith John case--in which the United States Supreme Court secured official recognition of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw as a tribe--as an example of "rhetorical games" used by different cultural groups to manipulate each other. Suggests alternative rhetorical strategies that would benefit the state and the Mississippi…
Descriptors: American Indians, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Federal Indian Relationship
Download full textKing, Emma Lou – 1973
Racial attitudes were an issue in the 1972 Mississippi gubernatorial campaign between Charles Evers and William Waller. This conclusion is supported by test evidence consisting of content analysis of candidate speeches, news coverage of speeches in the form of direct quotations, printed issue position papers, and printed campaign advertising. A…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Leadership, Black Power, Elections
