Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2025
Abstract
This syllabus for an upper-level undergraduate course in argumentation, rhetoric, or communication contains a course concept, assignment descriptions, and a detailed course schedule with readings centering Malcolm X’s provocative ultimatum of “the ballot or the bullet” as the way forward for African American liberation and a functioning American democracy. The first half of the course provides students with a foundation in core theories and concepts of argumentation, and the second half of the course asks them to apply them by participating in public address, deliberation, and debate in the class and out in the world.
Recommended Citation
RudeWalker, Sarah, "Item 1: Syllabus: English 3XX: Argumentation: “The Ballot of the Bullet”" (2025). Sarah RudeWalker, The Ballot or the Bullet. 1.
https://open.clemson.edu/rudewalker/1