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OverviewDuring the early years of the Cold War, racial segregation in the American South became an embarrassing liability to the international reputation of the United States. For America to present itself as a model of democracy in contrast to the Soviet Union's totalitarianism, Jim Crow needed to end. While the discourse of anticommunism added the leverage of national security to the moral claims of the civil rights movement, the proliferation of Red Scare rhetoric also imposed limits on the socioeconomic changes necessary for real equality. Describing the ways anticommunism impaired the struggle for civil rights, James Zeigler reconstructs how Red Scare rhetoric during the Cold War assisted the black freedom struggle's demands for equal rights but labeled """"un-American"""" calls for reparations. To track the power of this volatile discourse, Zeigler investigates how radical black artists and intellectuals managed to answer anticommunism with critiques of Cold War culture. Stubbornly addressed to an American public schooled in Red Scare hyperbole, black radicalism insisted that antiracist politics require a leftist critique of capitalism. Zeigler examines publicity campaigns against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s alleged Communist Party loyalties and the import of the Cold War in his oratory. He documents a Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored anthology of ex-Communist testimonials. He takes on the protest essays of Richard Wright and C. L. R. James, as well as Frank Marshall Davis's leftist journalism. The uncanny return of Red Scare invective in reaction to President Obama's election further substantiates anticommunism's lasting rhetorical power as Zeigler discusses conspiracy theories that claim Davis groomed President Obama to become a secret Communist. Long after playing a role in the demise of Jim Crow, the Cold War Red Scare still contributes to the persistence of racism in America. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James ZeiglerPublisher: University Press of Mississippi Imprint: University Press of Mississippi Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781496802385ISBN 10: 1496802381 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 August 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews�James Zeigler contributes to at least three different fields�American studies, American Modernist literature, and rhetorical studies. This interdisciplinary focus is truly unique, demonstrating Zeigler�s mastery of what are traditionally viewed as disparate areas. Zeigler ably traces similarities between the rhetoric of the Red Scare deployed against several black civil rights leaders and the resurrection of this rhetoric in attacks against Barack Obama�s presidential candidacy. I highly recommend this thorough examination of the discourse shaping discussions about race and civil rights during the Cold War.��Matthew Abraham, associate professor of English at the University of Arizona �In this bold and important study, James Zeigler shows how Cold War anti-communist rhetoric carved the civil rights struggle away from an equally necessary work�that of repairing centuries-old white supremacist damage to US society and culture. Zeigler�s chapters show the ways that African American thinkers�Richard Wright, C. L. R. James, Martin Luther King, and Frank Marshall Davis�wrote strong but largely unheard critiques of race/class oppression. Red Scare rhetoric practically banned those analyses, often just by branding the writer a Commie in print and visual media. Zeigler helps us to better understand why racial exclusion, oppression, and violence�as well as conspiracy mongers who insist our first African American president is a secret Commie�persist in the United States.��Steven Weisenburger, Mossiker Chair in Humanities at Southern Methodist University �Well-researched and convincingly argued, James Zeigler�s study situates the United States civil rights movement within the international black freedom struggle and reveals the damaging influence of the political discourse of anti-communism on the black freedom movement during the early years of the Cold War.��Donald E. Pease, Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities and professor of English at Dartmouth College -James Zeigler contributes to at least three different fields--American studies, American Modernist literature, and rhetorical studies. This interdisciplinary focus is truly unique, demonstrating Zeigler's mastery of what are traditionally viewed as disparate areas. Zeigler ably traces similarities between the rhetoric of the Red Scare deployed against several black civil rights leaders and the resurrection of this rhetoric in attacks against Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. I highly recommend this thorough examination of the discourse shaping discussions about race and civil rights during the Cold War.--Matthew Abraham, associate professor of English at the University of Arizona -In this bold and important study, James Zeigler shows how Cold War anti-communist rhetoric carved the civil rights struggle away from an equally necessary work--that of repairing centuries-old white supremacist damage to US society and culture. Zeigler's chapters show the ways that African American thinkers--Richard Wright, C. L. R. James, Martin Luther King, and Frank Marshall Davis--wrote strong but largely unheard critiques of race/class oppression. Red Scare rhetoric practically banned those analyses, often just by branding the writer a Commie in print and visual media. Zeigler helps us to better understand why racial exclusion, oppression, and violence--as well as conspiracy mongers who insist our first African American president is a secret Commie--persist in the United States.---Steven Weisenburger, Mossiker Chair in Humanities at Southern Methodist University -Well-researched and convincingly argued, James Zeigler's study situates the United States civil rights movement within the international black freedom struggle and reveals the damaging influence of the political discourse of anti-communism on the black freedom movement during the early years of the Cold War.--Donald E. Pease, Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities and professor of English at Dartmouth College James Zeigler contributes to at least three different fields--American studies, American Modernist literature, and rhetorical studies. This interdisciplinary focus is truly unique, demonstrating Zeigler's mastery of what are traditionally viewed as disparate areas. Zeigler ably traces similarities between the rhetoric of the Red Scare deployed against several black civil rights leaders and the resurrection of this rhetoric in attacks against Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. I highly recommend this thorough examination of the discourse shaping discussions about race and civil rights during the Cold War. -Matthew Abraham, associate professor of English at the University of Arizona In this bold and important study, James Zeigler shows how Cold War anti-communist rhetoric carved the civil rights struggle away from an equally necessary work--that of repairing centuries-old white supremacist damage to US society and culture. Zeigler's chapters show the ways that African American thinkers--Richard Wright, C. L. R. James, Martin Luther King, and Frank Marshall Davis--wrote strong but largely unheard critiques of race/class oppression. Red Scare rhetoric practically banned those analyses, often just by branding the writer a Commie in print and visual media. Zeigler helps us to better understand why racial exclusion, oppression, and violence--as well as conspiracy mongers who insist our first African American president is a secret Commie--persist in the United States. --Steven Weisenburger, Mossiker Chair in Humanities at Southern Methodist University Well-researched and convincingly argued, James Zeigler's study situates the United States civil rights movement within the international black freedom struggle and reveals the damaging influence of the political discourse of anti-communism on the black freedom movement during the early years of the Cold War. -Donald E. Pease, Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities and professor of English at Dartmouth College James Zeigler contributes to at least three different fields American studies, American Modernist literature, and rhetorical studies. This interdisciplinary focus is truly unique, demonstrating Zeigler s mastery of what are traditionally viewed as disparate areas. Zeigler ably traces similarities between the rhetoric of the Red Scare deployed against several black civil rights leaders and the resurrection of this rhetoric in attacks against Barack Obama s presidential candidacy. I highly recommend this thorough examination of the discourse shaping discussions about race and civil rights during the Cold War. Matthew Abraham, associate professor of English at the University of Arizona In this bold and important study, James Zeigler shows how Cold War anti-communist rhetoric carved the civil rights struggle away from an equally necessary work that of repairing centuries-old white supremacist damage to US society and culture. Zeigler s chapters show the ways that African American thinkers Richard Wright, C. L. R. James, Martin Luther King, and Frank Marshall Davis wrote strong but largely unheard critiques of race/class oppression. Red Scare rhetoric practically banned those analyses, often just by branding the writer a Commie in print and visual media. Zeigler helps us to better understand why racial exclusion, oppression, and violence as well as conspiracy mongers who insist our first African American president is a secret Commie persist in the United States. Steven Weisenburger, Mossiker Chair in Humanities at Southern Methodist University Well-researched and convincingly argued, James Zeigler s study situates the United States civil rights movement within the international black freedom struggle and reveals the damaging influence of the political discourse of anti-communism on the black freedom movement during the early years of the Cold War. Donald E. Pease, Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities and professor of English at Dartmouth College James Zeigler contributes to at least three different fields American studies, American Modernist literature, and rhetorical studies. This interdisciplinary focus is truly unique, demonstrating Zeigler s mastery of what are traditionally viewed as disparate areas. Zeigler ably traces similarities between the rhetoric of the Red Scare deployed against several black civil rights leaders and the resurrection of this rhetoric in attacks against Barack Obama s presidential candidacy. I highly recommend this thorough examination of the discourse shaping discussions about race and civil rights during the Cold War. Matthew Abraham, associate professor of English at the University of Arizona Well-researched and convincingly argued, James Zeigler s study situates the United States Civil Rights Movement within the international black freedom struggle and reveals the damaging influence of the political discourse of anti-communism on the black freedom movement during the early years of the Cold War. Donald E. Pease, Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities and professor of English at Dartmouth College In this bold and important study, James Zeigler shows how Cold War anti-communist rhetoric carved civil rights struggle away from an equally necessary work that of repairing centuries-old white supremacist damage to US society and culture. Zeigler s chapters show the ways that African American thinkers Richard Wright, C. L. R. James, Martin Luther King, and Frank Marshall Davis wrote strong but largely unheard critiques of race/class oppression. Red Scare rhetoric practically banned those analyses, often just by branding the writer a Commie in print and visual media. Zeigler helps us to better understand why racial exclusion, oppression, and violence as well as conspiracy mongers who insist our first African American president is a secret Commie persist in the United States. Steven Weisenburger, Mossiker Chair in Humanities at Southern Methodist University In this bold and important study, James Zeigler shows how Cold War anti-communist rhetoric carved civil rights struggle away from an equally necessary work--that of repairing centuries-old white supremacist damage to US society and culture. Zeigler's chapters show the ways that African American thinkers--Richard Wright, C. L. R. James, Martin Luther King, and Frank Marshall Davis--wrote strong but largely unheard critiques of race/class oppression. Red Scare rhetoric practically banned those analyses, often just by branding the writer a Commie in print and visual media. Zeigler helps us to better understand why racial exclusion, oppression, and violence--as well as conspiracy mongers who insist our first African American president is a secret Commie--persist in the United States. --Steven Weisenburger, Mossiker Chair in Humanities at Southern Methodist University Well-researched and convincingly argued, James Zeigler's study situates the United States Civil Rights Movement within the international black freedom struggle and reveals the damaging influence of the political discourse of anti-communism on the black freedom movement during the early years of the Cold War. -Donald E. Pease, Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities and professor of English at Dartmouth College James Zeigler contributes to at least three different fields--American studies, American Modernist literature, and rhetorical studies. This interdisciplinary focus is truly unique, demonstrating Zeigler's mastery of what are traditionally viewed as disparate areas. Zeigler ably traces similarities between the rhetoric of the Red Scare deployed against several black civil rights leaders and the resurrection of this rhetoric in attacks against Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. I highly recommend this thorough examination of the discourse shaping discussions about race and civil rights during the Cold War. -Matthew Abraham, associate professor of English at the University of Arizona In this bold and important study, James Zeigler shows how Cold War anti-communist rhetoric carved civil rights struggle away from an equally necessary work--that of repairing centuries-old white supremacist damage to US society and culture. Zeigler's chapters show the ways that African American thinkers--Richard Wright, C. L. R. James, Martin Luther King, and Frank Marshall Davis--wrote strong but largely unheard critiques of race/class oppression. Red Scare rhetoric practically banned those analyses, often just by branding the writer a Commie in print and visual media. Zeigler helps us to better understand why racial exclusion, oppression, and violence--as well as conspiracy mongers who insist our first African American president is a secret Commie--persist in the United States. --Steven Weisenburger, Mossiker Chair in Humanities at Southern Methodist University James Zeigler contributes to at least three different fields American studies, American Modernist literature, and rhetorical studies. This interdisciplinary focus is truly unique, demonstrating Zeigler s mastery of what are traditionally viewed as disparate areas. Zeigler ably traces similarities between the rhetoric of the Red Scare deployed against several black civil rights leaders and the resurrection of this rhetoric in attacks against Barack Obama s presidential candidacy. I highly recommend this thorough examination of the discourse shaping discussions about race and civil rights during the Cold War. Matthew Abraham, associate professor of English at the University of Arizona Author InformationJames Zeigler, Norman, Oklahoma, is an assistant professor of English at the University of Oklahoma. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |