Date of Award:
8-2021
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Communication Studies and Philosophy
Department name when degree awarded
Language, Philosophy, and Communication Studies
Committee Chair(s)
Mollie Murphy
Committee
Mollie Murphy
Committee
Nicole Allen
Committee
John Seiter
Abstract
Examinations of historical social movements offer great insight into contemporary social justice activism. In this thesis, I analyzed the Silent Protest Parade of 1917. The Silent Protest Parade consisted of approximately 10,000 African American men, women, and children who marched in complete silence to illuminate racial violence and the lynchings of African Americans. I argued that through the concept of strategic ambiguity, protesters were able to communicate between African American and powerful White audiences, many of whom held racist beliefs and attitudes.
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Recommended Citation
Crow, Shelby R., "The Rhetoric of the Double-Voiced: Strategic Ambiguity in the Silent Protest Parade" (2021). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 8127.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8127
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