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Faith In Action: The First Citizenship School On Johns Island, South Carolina., Amanda Shrader Jordan
Faith In Action: The First Citizenship School On Johns Island, South Carolina., Amanda Shrader Jordan
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This thesis examines the first Citizenship School, its location, participants, and success. Johns Islanders, Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Myles Horton, Bernice Robinson, and the Highlander Folk School all collaborated to create this school. Why and how this success was reached is the main scope of this manuscript. Emphasis is also placed on the school's impact upon the modern Civil Rights Movement. Primary sources such as personal accounts, manuscripts, and archive collections were examined. Secondary sources were also researched for this manuscript. The conclusion reached from these sources is that faith was the driving force behind the success of the Citizenship …
Driving While Black: Stories Through The Driver's Car Window—A Communicative Analysis, Tracie Lynn Keesee
Driving While Black: Stories Through The Driver's Car Window—A Communicative Analysis, Tracie Lynn Keesee
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This study explores the communicative dynamic that occurs between Denver police officers, and citizens of the African-American community, during traffic stops characterized as "Driving While Black." Thirty four interviews were conducted regarding this study. Derived from the interviews were transcribed narratives, which were examined through the use of narrative analysis and various theoretical frameworks. The narrative analysis and theoretical frameworks provided a new lens for exploring the police/citizen communicative dynamic, and a foundation for additional communication research between police officers and the African-American community.