{"product_id":"proverb-masters-shaping-the-civil-rights-movement-paperback","title":"Proverb Masters: Shaping the Civil Rights Movement - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaymond Summerville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatricia A. Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 needed to be made implicitly, as explicit messages were often met with retaliation and even violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Summerville \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of English at Fayetteville State University. He has published in \u003ci\u003eProverbium\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore and Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. \u003cb\u003ePatricia A. Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of African American and African studies and vice provost of undergraduate studies at the University of California, Davis. She is author of \u003ci\u003eCeramic Uncles and Celluloid Mammies: Black Images and Their Influence on Culture \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCrafted Lives: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eStories and Studies of African American Quilters\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter published by University Press of Mississippi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773321150752,"sku":"9781496852557","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/56c12315510d19c94a30f760fab433ed_e7154bd4-2700-4c7e-a721-0bcd319afeef.webp?v=1780424352","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/proverb-masters-shaping-the-civil-rights-movement-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}