From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement

Name: From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement
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ISBN: 9781625340351

ISBN-10: 1625340354

ISBN-13: 9781625340351

Edition: 2013

Authors: Andrea A. Burns

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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…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English