From storefront to monument
Burns, Andrea A., 1976-
From storefront to monument tracing the public history of the Black museum movement / [electronic resource] : Andrea A. Burns. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Public history in historical perspective . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781613762783 161376278X
African Americans--History.
Public history--History.--United States
Historical museums--History.--United States
African Americans--Museums--History.
Electronic books.
E185.53.A1 / B87 2013
973/.0496073
From storefront to monument tracing the public history of the Black museum movement / [electronic resource] : Andrea A. Burns. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Public history in historical perspective . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781613762783 161376278X
African Americans--History.
Public history--History.--United States
Historical museums--History.--United States
African Americans--Museums--History.
Electronic books.
E185.53.A1 / B87 2013
973/.0496073