'Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty': The Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings of Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Autor:	Dr. Raymond Melton Javon Summerville
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	African American American Anti-lynching movement autobiography Bible clergy civil rights Civil War folk folklore human rights Jim Crow paremiology politics proverbs proverbial expressions proverbial rhetoric race Reconstruction slavery suffragist segregation temperance
Zdroj:	Proverbium : Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship Volume 38 Issue 1 Dr. Raymond Summerville
ISSN:	2806-7568
Popis:	This essay seeks to recontextualize some of the proverbs and proverbial expressions that Ida B. Wells Barnett used throughout her life by examining biographies, personal diaries, articles and letters, and analytical texts about her life. Her proverbs and proverbial language come from a variety of different sources including literature, the Bible, and other famous leaders. She used proverbs in diverse and ingenious ways for a multitude of purposes. Her primary reasons for employing proverbial rhetoric was to persuade political leaders to put an end to lynch laws and mob violence in America. She also used them to bring attention to the temperance movement and to other causes that she cared deeply about. One overarching idea in this essay is that by understanding Wells-Barnett’s use of proverbs and proverbial language, one may also gain a more thorough understanding of various aspects of her worldview.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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