The Author, Why He is credible, Why It Interests Me

The source that I chosen to explore was the phenomenal book under the title “Understanding African American Rhetoric: Classical Origins to Contemporary Innovations” which was a co- written book by the great Ronald L. Jackson and Elaine B. Richardson. I chose this book over all of the others because it offers a comprehensive survey of African American rhetoric within a broad historical context. It also explores the major cultural and theoretical issues that we face all throughout society. The authors of this incrediable book use great ethos by inputting the general thoughts of scholars on these certain topics such as Charles Hurst, Molefi Asante, Jack Daniel, Dorthy Pennington, Lucia Hawthorne and Lyndrey Niles, thereby increasing their credibility immensely. Throughout the few opening pages of the book, the authors tell about how the issue of African American rhetoric has long since been abandoned and is no longer taught to the younger generations. The counter to this alarming increasing problem according to Ronald L. Jackson and Elaine B. Richardson is to teach nommo to graduate students in the form of Malcolm X’s teachings and works. Nommo is the generative power of spoken word.