Social Controversy and Public Address in the 1960s and Early 1970s

Richard J. Jensen is a Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has authored and coauthored more than fifty articles and book chapters, most of which focus on social protest and social movements.

“Editor Richard J. Jensen has put together a remarkable collection of extended case studies in the rhetoric of social protest in the 1960s and early 1970s. From the civil rights and black power movements to second wave feminism, gay rights, and student protests, the voices of dissent come alive in this valuable retrospective on one of the most tumultuous, controversial, and misunderstood periods in U.S. history.”—J. Michael Hogan, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric, Penn State University, and Visiting Professor and Chair of Communication Studies, Davidson College

• Contents Preface Introduction / Richard J. Jensen and David P. Schulz 1. Fannie Lou Hamer on Winona: Trauma, Recovery, Memory / Davis W. Houck 2. Theorizing Black Power in Prison: The Writings of George Jackson and Angela Davis / Lisa M. Corrigan 3. From Farmworker to Cultural Icon: Cesar Chavez’s Rhetorical Crusade / Richard J. Jensen and John C. Hammerback 4. Free Speech at Berkeley, 1964–1967: Mario Savio, Clark Kerr, and Ronald Reagan / David Henry and James Arnt Aune 5. Finding Feminism’s Audience: Rhetorical Diversity in Early Second-Wave Feminist Discourse / Bonnie J. Dow 6. Dr. H[omosexual] Anonymous, Gay Liberation Activism, and the American Psychiatric Association, 1963–1973 / Thomas R. Dunn 7. Making and Unmaking Political Mischief: Trickster Influences in the Rhetorical Humor of the 1960s / Mari Boor Tonn 8. People Get Ready: The Civil Rights Movement, Protest Music, and the Rhetoric of Resistance / Stephen A. King 9. Extremism in the Defense of Liberty: The Countercultural Rhetoric of Barry Goldwater’s 1964 Acceptance Speech / Carl R. Burgchardt Bibliography About the Authors Index