Speech and Hearing Sciences ETDs

Publication Date

8-7-1970

Abstract

Roy Wilkins, Executive Director of the National Asso­ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, has been in the foreground of the Civil Rights Movement since 1923, when he was secretary of the St. Paul NAACP and a delegate to his first national NAACP convention in Kansas City. He has delivered speeches in every state in the United States and many foreign countries. He has received numerous awards for his services, including the Medal of Freedom, the coun­try's highest civil honor. The purpose of this investigation was to study the rhetorical invention of Roy Wilkins to determine to what extent this has been responsible for his success, and to analyze and describe the propositions, arguments, and rhetorical devices employed by Roy Wilkins.

Degree Name

Speech-Language Pathology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Speech and Hearing Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Robert Christopher Dick

Second Committee Member

Judith W Carey

Third Committee Member

Illegible

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

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