- Prophetic Rhetoric
- Types of Prophetic Rhetoric
- African American prophetic Tradition
- Prophetic Persona
- Henry McNeal Turner (Bio sketch)
- Rhetorical Education of Turner
Emancipation Day Speech
- American as Divinely Inspired
- Slavery and the Civil War
- Prophetic Reinterpretation of Slavery
- Prophetic Reinterpretation of the Civil War
- "Blessings and Freedoms"
- Turner's Prophetic Encouragement and Hope
Chapter 2. "Hurling Thunderbolts" and "Fighting the Devil with Fire": Turner's Prophetic Disputation
On the Eligibility of Colored Members to Seats in the Georgia Legislature Speech
- Turner's Sacred Grounding
- Prophetic Refutations
- Prophetic Critiques and Judgments
- Prophetic Warnings and Judgments
- Prophetic Hope and Encouragment
Chapter 3. "To Seek Other Quarters": Turner's Mission-Oriented Prophecy
Negro Convention Speech (four part rhetorical structure)
- Grounded in the Sacred
- The Sharing of the Real Situation
- Critique, Challenge, Warning and/or Judgments
- Encouragement and Hope
Chapter 4. "No Future for the Negro": Turner's Pessimistic Prophecy
American Negro and the Fatherland Speech
- "There Is No Manhood Status for the Negro"
- Turner's Pessimistic Vision
- Turner's Prophetic Lament
Conclusion
- Turner's Prophetic Persona
