From storefront to monument : tracing the public history of the Black museum movement / Andrea A. Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Andrea A., 1976- author.

Series:

Public history in historical perspective.

Public history in historical perspective series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Museums--History.

African Americans.

Historical museums--United States--History.

Historical museums.

Public history--United States--History.

Public history.

African Americans--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Tracing the public history of the Black museum movement

Place of Publication:

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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).

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-61376-278-X

OCLC:

872122303