The insistent call : rhetorical moments in black anticolonialism, 1929-1937 /
Aric Putnam.
- 1 online resource (172 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : rhetoric and diaspora -- The politics and practices of colonialism -- Black ethos and the rhetoric of pan-Africa -- "Unhappy Haiti" : U.S. imperialism, racial violence, and the politics of diaspora -- "Modern" slaves : the Liberian labor crisis and the politics of race and class -- Ethiopia is now : J.A. Rogers and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia -- Anticolonial rhetoric and black civil rights history.
9781613762219
African Americans--Race identity--History--20th century. African Americans--Attitudes--History--20th century. African diaspora. Anti-imperialist movements--History--United States--20th century. Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States. American prose literature--African American authors--History and criticism. Labor movement--History--Liberia--20th century. Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936--Social aspects.