The spiritual essence of African American Rhetoric

Understanding African American Rhetoric: Classical Origins to Contemporary Innovations

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 23-40

  Alkebulan, Adisa A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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