The Race to Erase Brown v. Board of Education:The Virginia Way and the Rhetoric of Massive Resistance

Rhetoric Review Apr 2016

The Race to Erase Brown v. Board of Education:The Virginia Way and the Rhetoric of Massive Resistance

Candace Epps-Robertson Michigan State University

Abstract

The Brown vs. Board of Education ruling stands as one of the more important cases for the American civil rights movement. The Brown decision overturned separate but equal and set off a firestorm of resistance efforts throughout the South. Virginia set the precedent for this countermovement known as Massive Resistance through the development of arguments and policies to thwart integration. These arguments were based in racialized constructions of citizenship. Examining the discourse of segregationists furthers our understanding of how race is reproduced and controlled through public discourse.

Journal: Rhetoric Review
Published: 2016-04-02
DOI: 10.1080/07350198.2016.1142812
Open Access: Closed
Topics: race and writing

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