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“The Line Drawn”: Freedom Corner and Rhetorics of Place in Pittsburgh, 1960s-2000s

 

Abstract

This paper provides insight into how place can be important to the goals of a social movement. Through analysis of a series of historical events, I explore how a place can be constructed by a social movement to act rhetorically and then can be reconstructed through repeated usage to signify a larger meaning. To illustrate these concepts, I examine the creation, evolution, and transformation of Pittsburgh’s “Freedom Corner” as a site of resistance.

Notes

1. My thanks goes to RR reviewers David Holmes and David Fleming for their thoughtful revision suggestions.

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Derek G. Handley

Derek G. Handley is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Lehigh University. He is currently working on a book length manuscript that examines African-American communities in Pittsburgh, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Milwaukee as they resisted urban renewal. He can be reached at [email protected]

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