College Composition and Communication Feb 2002

Empowering Rhetoric: Black Students Writing Black Panthers

Gwendolyn D. Pough

Abstract

This article examines Black student responses to Black Panther Party documents and how those documents moved the students toward change. I maintain that by allowing the classroom to function as a public space in which students can discuss the issues that matter to them, teachers can help to foster and encourage student activism and ultimately their empowerment.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2002-02-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc20021459
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Open Access
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rhetorical criticism race and writing
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  1. Bastian et al. (2023)
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  2. Monberg (2009)
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    Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric

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