Abstract

This article seeks to examine the ways in which the Natural Hair Movement came into being, and how it was so successful in achieving its aims. Through a rhetorical lens, we seek to see what about the approach of the Natural Hair Movement helped it not only resonate in the hearts and minds of its audience, but allowed it to effect tangible change within American society.

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On March 2nd of this year I embarked on a journey to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights with a group of my classmates, and was immersed in an experience which left me at times inspired, at times amazed, and at other times near tears. The exhibit was clearly designed by people intensely passionate about the history, legacy, and preservation of the spirit of Civil and Human Rights and who were dedicated to creating a comprehensive and immersive experience for all visitors. The opening of the exhibit was inspired in its ability to transport the audience into the Civil Rights era, immediately splitting up the hallway into sides of blacks and whites only, followed by a room literally stacked with televisions broadcasting the actual television programs where pro segregation rhetoric was put out. It was an area of sound and fury,

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For essentially the entire history of this country which we call America, immigration has been a hot-button issue which has shaped the development and trajectory of this nation, from the first European immigrants who landed on these shores to rob and murder its inhabitants to the refugees and hopefuls who came through Ellis Island looking for a better life to modern day immigrants

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