Rhetorical vs. Historical Context

1) Historical context:

• 1860s Woman's Rights Convention (p. 488)
• Gay Liberation Movement 1977-1990 (p. 488)
• Knights of Labor 1879-1913 (p. 488)
• American Federation of Labor and the depression of the 1890s (p. 488)
• SCLC 1957 (p. 488)
• NAACP 1909 (p. 488)
• National Urban League 1910 (p. 488)
• CORE 1942 (p. 488)
• SNCC 1960 (p. 488)
• Youth International Party 1960s (p. 489)
• Carmichael's speeches 1966-1967 (p. 489)
• MLK's speech/march on Washington, D.C. 1963 (p. 490)
• Freedom Summer 1964 (p. 490)
• "The Ballot or the Bullet" 1964 (p. 490)
• Democratic party convenes 1964 (p. 490) 
• Selma to Montgomery March 1965 (p. 490)
• Watts Riot Aug. 11-16 (p. 491)
• James Meredith Pilgrimage 1966 (p. 491)

2) Rhetorical context:

• Evolutionary struggle, which is within the movements and helps evolve it 
• 1860s Woman's Rights Convention (p. 488)
• Gay Liberation Movement 1977-1990 (p. 488)
• Knights of Labor 1879-1913 (p. 488)
• American Federation of Labor and the depression of the 1890s (p. 488)

• Established organization
• SCLC 1957 (p. 488)
• NAACP 1909 (p. 488)
• National Urban League 1910 (p. 488)
• CORE 1942 (p. 488)
• SNCC 1960 (p. 488)
• Organizations and leaders
• MLK vs. Malcolm X (p. 490)
• Floyd McKissick of CORE (p. 491)
• Roy Wilkins of NAACP (p. 491)
• James Meredith, civil rights legend who was shot (p. 491)
• Stokely Carmichael, ideal charismatic leader of the black power struggle (p. 492)