TY - JOUR
T1 - The contested space of prudence in the 1874-1875 civil rights debate
AU - Wilson, Kirt H.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1998/5/1
Y1 - 1998/5/1
N2 - This essay examines how the rhetoric of Reconstruction congressional actors expressed divergent modes of political judgment with respect to the civil rights of African Americans. Through an interpretive analysis of the 1874-1875 civil rights debate, the essay contends that proponents and opponents enacted adverse norms of discursive practice and competing conceptions of equality. This conflict's discourse helped to bring about the separate but equal doctrine that guided race relations into the next century. This essay concludes that when studied as a contested space, prudence can reveal the evolution of a rhetorical culture and community.
AB - This essay examines how the rhetoric of Reconstruction congressional actors expressed divergent modes of political judgment with respect to the civil rights of African Americans. Through an interpretive analysis of the 1874-1875 civil rights debate, the essay contends that proponents and opponents enacted adverse norms of discursive practice and competing conceptions of equality. This conflict's discourse helped to bring about the separate but equal doctrine that guided race relations into the next century. This essay concludes that when studied as a contested space, prudence can reveal the evolution of a rhetorical culture and community.
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U2 - 10.1080/00335639809384210
DO - 10.1080/00335639809384210
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0009128309
SN - 0033-5630
VL - 84
SP - 131
EP - 149
JO - Quarterly Journal of Speech
JF - Quarterly Journal of Speech
IS - 2
ER -