Book Review| June 01 2018 Theodore Roosevelt, Conservation, and the 1908 Governor's Conference Theodore Roosevelt, Conservation, and the 1908 Governor's Conference. By Leroy G. Dorsey. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2016; pp. ix +135. $29.95 paper. Samuel Perry Samuel Perry Baylor University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (2): 380–383. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.2.0380 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Samuel Perry; Theodore Roosevelt, Conservation, and the 1908 Governor's Conference. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2018; 21 (2): 380–383. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.2.0380 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

This essay examines the way in which the song “Strange Fruit,” as performed by Billie Holiday, employs ekphrasis in order to make appeals condemning the practice of lynching. In developing the visual aspects of a lynching scene through ekphrasis, Holiday engages audiences in a way that encourages them to experience the lynching scene with all five senses. The sensory experience of the scene and Holiday's performance creates a strong condemnation of lynching and practices of racial violence.