Reproducing civil rights tactics: The rhetorical performances of the civil rights memorial

Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 31-55

  Blair, Carole ^a   Michel, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Axiom PhotoDesign   (United States)

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EID: 0242554369     PISSN: 02773945     EISSN: 1930322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02773940009391174     Document Type: Article

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