Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-235) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From storefront to monument

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

844729409

Responsibility statement

Andrea A. Burns

Series statement

Public history in historical perspective

Sub title

tracing the public history of the Black museum movement

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)

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