TY - BOOK AU - Burns,Andrea A. ED - Project Muse. TI - From storefront to monument: tracing the public history of the Black museum movement T2 - Public history in historical perspective SN - 9781613762783 AV - E185.53.A1 B87 2013 U1 - 973/.0496073 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Amherst PB - University of Massachusetts Press KW - African Americans KW - History KW - Public history KW - United States KW - Historical museums KW - Museums KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781613762783/ ER -