From storefront to monument tracing the public history of the Black museum movement

Museums on the front lines: Confronting the "Conspiracy of silence"When "civil rights are not enough": building the Black museum movement -- "Not in my backyard": The contested origins of the African American Museum of Philadelphia -- Confronting the "Tyranny of re...

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1. Verfasser: Burns, Andrea A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Amherst, Mass. u.a. Univ. of Massachusetts Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Public history in historical perspective
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Zusammenfassung:Museums on the front lines: Confronting the "Conspiracy of silence"When "civil rights are not enough": building the Black museum movement -- "Not in my backyard": The contested origins of the African American Museum of Philadelphia -- Confronting the "Tyranny of relevance": Exhibits and the politics of representation -- "To satisfy a deadline but little else": The public debut of the African American Museum of Philadelphia -- Rocky transitions: Black museums approach a new era -- A museum for the future: The National Museum of African American History and Culture -- Conclusion: The ties that bind: Museums as community agents.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-235) and index
Beschreibung:x, 249 Seiten
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24 cm
ISBN:9781625340344
978-1-62534-034-4
9781625340351
978-1-62534-035-1