This thesis is concerned with the identification, description, analysis and evaluation of the rhetorical strategies and tactics of the Black Panther Party as a specific social-change movement from 1966 to 1973. Evidence is presented to indicate that the rhetorical strategies and tactics of the Black Panther Party played a vital role in the movement's rise and decline and that their choice of a power orientation and a rhetoric of coercion brought about the decline of the movement. This study also indicates that rhetoric in a social movement is of crucial importance to the development of the movement's ideology, leadership, membership, and methods for effecting change.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663407 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Edwards, Patricia Bowman |
| Contributors | DeMougeot, William R., Kitchens, James A. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 204 leaves, Text |
| Coverage | United States, 1966-1973 |
| Rights | Public, Edwards, Patricia Bowman, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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