Background Circle Background Circle
From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement (Public History in Historical Perspective)

From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement (Public History in Historical Perspective)

From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement (Public History in Historical Perspective)
Price: $153.11
(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC – Details)


Today well over two hundred museums focusing on African American history and culture can be found throughout the United States and Canada. Many of these institutions trace their roots to the 1960s and 1970s, when the struggle for racial equality inspired a movement within the black community to make the history and culture of African America more “public.”This book tells the story of four of these groundbreaking museums: the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago (founded in 1961); the International Afro-American Museum in Detroit (1965); the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in Washington, D.C. (1967); and the African American Museum of Philadelphia (1976). Andrea A. Burns shows how the founders of these institutions, many of whom had ties to the Black Power movement, sought to provide African Americans with a meaningful alternative to the misrepresentation or utter neglect of black history found in standard textbooks and most public history sites. Through the recovery and interpretation of artifacts, documents, and stories drawn from African American experience, they encouraged the embrace of a distinctly black identity and promoted new methods of interaction between the museum and the local community. Over time, the black museum movement induced mainstream institutions to integrate African American history and culture into their own exhibits and educational programs. This often controversial process has culminated in the creation of a National Museum of African American History and Culture, now scheduled to open in the nation’s capital in 2015.

Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press; First edition (October 3, 2013)
Language:English
Paperback:264 pages
ISBN-10:1625340354
ISBN-13:978-1625340351
Item Weight:14.4 ounces
Dimensions:6 x 0.8 x 9 inches

Related Posts
I Promise
I Promise

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indie Bestseller! *An Amazon Best Book Read more

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn urgent primer on race and racism, from the Read more

Full, Full, Full of Love
Full, Full, Full of Love

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) Warm illustrations spice up this rhythmical ode to the joys of family and Read more

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) In the best-selling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake Read more

Lola at the Library (Lola Reads)
Lola at the Library (Lola Reads)

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) Learn about the library, checking out books, and story time with Lola.  Every Read more

Deacon King Kong: A Novel
Deacon King Kong: A Novel

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) One of Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of the Year"Oprah's Book Club PickNamed one Read more

Dancing in the Wings
Dancing in the Wings

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) Sassy is a long-legged girl who always has something to say. She wants Read more

Black People Invented Everything: The Deep History of Indigenous Creativity
Black People Invented Everything: The Deep History of Indigenous Creativity

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) Who invented the traffic light? What about transportation itself? Farming? Art? Modern chemistry? Read more

Hair Love
Hair Love

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) "I love that Hair Love is highlighting the relationship between a Black father Read more

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as Read more

I Am Enough
I Am Enough

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) A #1 New York Times bestseller and Goodreads Choice Awards picture book winner! This is Read more

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Price: $153.11(as of Jun 04, 2021 05:00:14 UTC - Details) NOMINATED FOR AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD • An inspiring collection of essays by black Read more

Post Tags :
Prev Post

Next Post