Abstract
In the spring of 1970, radical political activist Jerry Rubin spoke at the University of Northern Iowa as a part of the Controversial Speakers Program. His speech was half rhetoric and half theater. It tested the limits of free expression and provided the occasion for risky, but courageous, actions by university officials. It made rural midwesterners confront an urban anarchist, and it remains as a reminder of a period when lengthy public addresses played an important role in the formation of public views, a time when the speech counted more than the spin.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
30
Issue
2
First Page
38
Last Page
50
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Knapp, Terry J.
(1998)
"Reminiscences on Rhetoric: Jerry Rubin, UNI, and the Spring of 1970,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 30:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol30/iss2/5
Copyright
©1998 Iowa Communication Association
