Black bodies in the schoolhouse door: material rhetoric and student activism at the University of Alabama

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dc.contributorBoylorn, Robin M.
dc.contributorMcKnight, Utz Lars
dc.contributor.advisorBagley, Meredith M.
dc.contributor.authorLee, Kalyn Iman
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-28T14:13:03Z
dc.date.available2017-07-28T14:13:03Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractRacial inequality has been a longstanding issue for Black students and Black people at The University of Alabama. Black student activists have used various tactics throughout history to close the racial divide at The University of Alabama. Autherine Lucy, Black sorority recruits during the fall of 2013, sparking the march "The Final Stand", and "We Are Done" activists have all broken major barriers at the University. Though their aim at equality was similar, the approaches were different. In order to understand the impact Black bodies have made on the campus of The University of Alabama, this thesis applies theories of material rhetoric to each of the three protest movements. Finally, this thesis uncovers crucial implications that shape how the Black body ultimately fits within dissenting spaces.en_US
dc.format.extent69 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0002689
dc.identifier.otherLee_alatus_0004M_13120
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/3285
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.titleBlack bodies in the schoolhouse door: material rhetoric and student activism at the University of Alabamaen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Communication Studies
etdms.degree.disciplineCommunication Studies
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.A.

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