Activist public relations and the paradox of the positive: A case study of Frederick douglass' "fourth of July address"

Rhetorical and Critical Approaches to Public Relations II: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 195-215

  Heath, Robert L ^a   Waymer, Damion ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203874929     Document Type: Chapter

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