Contact us on (02) 8445 2300
For all customer service and order enquiries

Woodslane Online Catalogues

James Farmer Jr.

The Great Debater
  • ISBN-13: 9781498539654
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
  • By Ben Voth
  • Price: AUD $96.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/10/2019
  • Format: Paperback 210 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]
Description
Table of
Contents
Google
Preview
James Farmer Jr.: The Great Debater provides a rhetorical and biographical guide to how the American Civil Rights Movement came into being. It details James Farmer Jr.'s intellectual emergence as a young debater at an HBCU in Marshall, Texas and ultimately chronicles how this led to the emergence of the first non-violent sit-in against segregation in 1942 in Chicago. Farmer was a key founder of the Congress of Racial Equality [CORE] that pioneered the non-violent strategies that would later be used by Martin Luther King. He debated important figures like Malcolm X to provide a powerful advocacy grounded in the praxis of argumentation. Ben Voth demonstrates the ongoing relevance of Farmer's successful debate methodology in resolving contemporary race problems in the 21st century such as Black Lives Matter.
Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Why James Farmer Jr. Matters Today Chapter 1. The Family of James Farmer Jr. Chapter 2. James Farmer Jr. at Wiley College-1934-1938 Chapter 3. The Debate Coach: Melvin Tolson Chapter 4. From Minister to Advocate Against Segregation Chapter 5. The first Sit-in- Jack Spratt in 1942 Chapter 6. The Freedom Rides 1961 Chapter 7. The MOW 1963 and Freedom Summer 1964 Chapter 8. Malcolm X and James Farmer Jr. Chapter 9. Republican for Congress and the Nixon Years Chapter 10. James Farmer and the Matter of Black Lives Today Chapter 11. The implications of Farmer Today Appendix Malcolm X debates James Farmer Jr. at Cornell References About the Author
Google Preview content