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Article: Civil Rights Rhetoric and the American Presidency.(Book review)
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- Presidential Studies Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Civil Rights Rhetoric and the American Presidency. Edited by James Arnt Aune and Enrique D. Rigsby. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005. 347 pp.
The 2000 Presidential Rhetoric conference at Texas A&M University, "The White House and Civil Rights Policy," featured an impressive lineup of contemporary rhetorical scholars. In Civil Rights Rhetoric and the American Presidency, Aune and Rigsby present the conference program as an edited collection. The chapters are not strictly limited to analyses of presidential discourse. The words of vice presidents, a first lady, and an activist make their way into a compilation of essays unified by their attention ...