April 4, 1968: Death, Difference, and Dialogue

Robert Kennedy's announcement of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in an Indianapolis urban community that did not revolt in riots on April 4, 1968, provides one significant example in which feelings, energy, and bodily risk resonate alongside the articulated message. The relentless focus on Kennedy's spoken words, in historical biographies and other critical research, presents a problem of isolated effect because the power really comes from elements outside the speech act. Thus, this project embraces the complexities of rhetorical effectivity, which involves such things as the unique situational context, all participants (both Kennedy and his audience) of the speech act, aesthetic argument, and the ethical implications. This version of the story embraces the many voices of the participants through first hand interviews and new oral history reports. Using evidence provided from actual participants in the 1968 Indianapolis event, this project reflects critically upon the world disclosure of the event as it emerges from those remembrances. Phenomenology provides one answer to the constitutive dilemma of rhetorical effectivity that stems from a lack of a framework that gets at questions of ethics, aesthetics, feelings, energy, etc. Thus, this work takes a pedagogical shift away from discourse (verbal/written) as the primary place to render judgments about the effects of communication interaction. With a turn to explore extra-sensory reasoning, by way of the physical, emotional, and numinous, a multi-dimensional look at public address is delivered. The rhetorician will be interested in new ways of assessing effects. The communication ethicist will appreciate the work as concepts like answerability, emotional-volitional tone, and care for the other, come to life via application and consideration of Kennedy's appearance. For argumentation scholars, the interest comes forth in a re-thinking of how we do argumentation. And the critical cultural scholar will find this story ripe with opportunities to uncover the politics of representation, racialized discourse, privilege, power, ideological hegemony, and reconciliation. Through an approach of multiple layers this real-life tale will expose the power of the presence among audience and speaker, emotive argument, as well as the magical turn of fate which all contributes the possibility of a dialogic rhetoric.

Letters from Woodbridge Odlin to William Tudor,

One letter from Odlin regarding his appointment, enclosed with copies of official documents from the United States and Brazilian governments. One letter requesting Tudor’s help with an American businessman being persecuted by a collector, which also mentions the assassination of the president of Bahia province.

Tunisia in turmoil: how should the EU react? CEPS Commentary, 4 March 2013

The assassination of the opposition leader in Tunisia exposed the underlying divisions between members of the ruling classes, between those in and outside of government, between religious groupings and secularists, and between the coastal areas and the hinterland of Tunisia. Since the revolution, tackling social inclusion has become a pressing problem: men versus women, young versus old, opponents versus supporters of the old regime and political forces inside Tunisia versus those in exile. The National Constituent Assembly (NCA)’s inability to address these fault lines and approve the second draft of the constitution has hampered the transition of the country towards the next elections, while all of the above have undermined trust in the political process. Although Tunisians are primarily responsible for the political processes in their country, argue authors Hrant Kostanyan and Elitsa Garnizova, the EU should step up its efforts to deliver on its commitments in the areas of money, market and mobility.

Putin: The morally depraved degradation of a strong state leader. CEPS Commentary, 31 March 2015

In a new CEPS Commentary, Michael Emerson calls for an end to diplomatic euphemisms in describing Putin’s tragic degradation of Russia, its political regime and society. The assassination of Boris Nemtsov on February 27th signals one more step down this dreadful path.

Attentate und Sozialdemokratie.

Mode of access: Internet.

Nominations of Graff, Tunheim, Nelson, Joyce, and Hall : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session ... February 1, 1994.

"Nominations of Henry Franklin Graff, John R. Tunheim, Anna Kasten Nelson, William L. Joyce, and Kermit L. Hall, to be members of the Assassination Records Review Board"

William McKinley papers [microform]

Gifts of George B. Cortelyou, Sr. and Jr., 1935-46; and other gifts, purchases and transfers, 1902-59.

The historical nights' entertainment. : First series.

The night of Holyrood; the murder of David Rizzio.--The night of Kirk o'Field; the murder of Darnley.--The night of betrayal; Antonio Perez and Philip II of Spain.--The night of charity; the case of the Lady Alice Lisle.--The night of massacre; the story of the Saint Bartholomew.--The night of witchcraft; Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.--The night of gems; the affaire of the Queen's necklace.--The night of terror; the drownings at Nantes under Carrier.--The night of nuptials; Charles the Bold and Sapphira Danvelt.--The night of stranglers; Giovanna of Naples and Andreas of Hungary.--The night of hate; the murder of the Duke of Gandia.--The night of escape; Casanova's escape from the Piombi.--The night of masquerade; the assassination of Gustavus III of Sweden.

What is man? /

What is man?--The death of Jean.--The turning point of my life.--How to make history dates stick.--The memorable assassination.--A scrap of curious history.--Switzerland, the cradle of liberty.--At the Shrine of St. Wagner.--William Dean Howells.--English as she is taught.--A simplified alphabet.--As concerns interpreting the Deity.--Concerning tobacco.--The bee.--Taming the bicycle.--Is Shakespeare dead?

Miss Rutherford's scrap book : valuable information about the South /

Ceased publication June 1927.

Lest we forget, a chronicle of important events of the Civil War,

"The great conspiracy [and assassination of President Lincoln]": p. 43-62.

"Our kith and kin"?:Sri Lankan Tamil refugees and the ethnonationalist parties of Tamil Nadu

This article explains the impact of substate nationalism on the political dynamic surrounding ethnic kin migration through a case study of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in the southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu. Examples drawn from the migration studies literature identify ethnic kinship between refugees and host as an indicator of favorable reception and assistance. While this expectation is borne out to an extent in the Tamil Nadu case, it is tempered by a period of hostility following the 1991 assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi by an LTTE suicide bomber, when the refugees were figured as a disruptive and dangerous presence by Tamil Nadu's political elites. A version of the "triadic nexus" model of kin state relations, reconfigured to accommodate the larger political unit within which the substate nationalism is incorporated, is proposed as a framework of analysis for these events. This can better account for Tamil Nadu's substate ethnonationalist elite's movement between expressions of coethnic solidarity with the refugees and the more hostile, security-focused response postassassination. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.