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From storefront to monument tracing the public history of the Black museum movement
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From storefront to monument [electronic resource] : tracing the public history of the Black museum movement / Andrea A. Burns.
ISBN
161376278X
9781613762783
1625340346
9781625340344 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781625340351 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm.)
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Project MUSE - UPCC 2014 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2014 History.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 10, 2014
Series
Public history in historical perspective
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: 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.
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