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Section 1. Classical Egyptian origins of African American rhetoric
1. Nommo, Kawaida, and communicative practice : bringing good into the world / Maulana Karenga
2. The spiritual essence of African American rhetoric / Adisa A. Alkebulan
Section 2. Manifestations of African American rhetoric and orality
3. African American orality : expanding rhetoric / Thurmon Garner and Carolyn Calloway-Thomas
4. "Jesus is a rock" : spirituals as lived experience / Melbourne S. Cummings and Judi Moore Latta
5. The use of public space as cultural communicator : how museums reconstruct and reconnect cultural memory / Deborah F. Atwater and Sandra L. Herndon
Section 3. Politics of defining African American rhetoric
6. The word at work : ideological and epistemological dynamics in African American rhetoric / Richard L. Wright
7. The politics of (in)visibility in African American rhetorical scholarship : a (re)quest for an African worldview / Mark Lawrence McPhail
8. Afrocentricity as metatheory : a dialogic exploration of its principles / Ronald L. Jackson II
Section 4. African American rhetorical analyses of struggle and resistance
9. Africological theory and criticism : reconceptualizing communication constructs / Jeffrey Lynn Woodyard
10. Every man fights for his freedom : the rhetoric of African American resistance in the mid-nineteenth century / Ella Forbes
11. "The duty of the civilized is to civilize the uncivilized" : tropes of Black nationalism in the messages of Five Percent rappers / Felicia M. Miyakawa
12. Death narratives from the killing fields : narrative criticism and the case of Tupac Shakur / Carlos D. Morrison
Section 5. Trends and innovations in analyzing contemporary African American rhetoric
13. Lauryn Hill as lyricist and womanist / Celnisha L. Dangerfield
14. The kink factor : a womanist discourse of African American mother/daughter perspectives on negotiating Black hair/body politics / Regina E. Spellers
15. An Afrocentric rhetorical analysis of Johnnie Cochran's closing argument in the O.J. Simpson trial / Felicia R. Walker
16. Afrocentric rhetoric transcending audiences and contexts : a case study of preacher and politician Emanuel Cleaver II / Shauntae Brown-White
Section 6. Visions for research in African American rhetoric
17. The future of African American rhetoric / Molefi Kete Asante
18. The discourse of African American women : a case for extended paradigms / Dorthy L. Pennington.
1. Nommo, Kawaida, and communicative practice : bringing good into the world / Maulana Karenga
2. The spiritual essence of African American rhetoric / Adisa A. Alkebulan
Section 2. Manifestations of African American rhetoric and orality
3. African American orality : expanding rhetoric / Thurmon Garner and Carolyn Calloway-Thomas
4. "Jesus is a rock" : spirituals as lived experience / Melbourne S. Cummings and Judi Moore Latta
5. The use of public space as cultural communicator : how museums reconstruct and reconnect cultural memory / Deborah F. Atwater and Sandra L. Herndon
Section 3. Politics of defining African American rhetoric
6. The word at work : ideological and epistemological dynamics in African American rhetoric / Richard L. Wright
7. The politics of (in)visibility in African American rhetorical scholarship : a (re)quest for an African worldview / Mark Lawrence McPhail
8. Afrocentricity as metatheory : a dialogic exploration of its principles / Ronald L. Jackson II
Section 4. African American rhetorical analyses of struggle and resistance
9. Africological theory and criticism : reconceptualizing communication constructs / Jeffrey Lynn Woodyard
10. Every man fights for his freedom : the rhetoric of African American resistance in the mid-nineteenth century / Ella Forbes
11. "The duty of the civilized is to civilize the uncivilized" : tropes of Black nationalism in the messages of Five Percent rappers / Felicia M. Miyakawa
12. Death narratives from the killing fields : narrative criticism and the case of Tupac Shakur / Carlos D. Morrison
Section 5. Trends and innovations in analyzing contemporary African American rhetoric
13. Lauryn Hill as lyricist and womanist / Celnisha L. Dangerfield
14. The kink factor : a womanist discourse of African American mother/daughter perspectives on negotiating Black hair/body politics / Regina E. Spellers
15. An Afrocentric rhetorical analysis of Johnnie Cochran's closing argument in the O.J. Simpson trial / Felicia R. Walker
16. Afrocentric rhetoric transcending audiences and contexts : a case study of preacher and politician Emanuel Cleaver II / Shauntae Brown-White
Section 6. Visions for research in African American rhetoric
17. The future of African American rhetoric / Molefi Kete Asante
18. The discourse of African American women : a case for extended paradigms / Dorthy L. Pennington.