Civil Rights Memorials and the Geography of Memory

by Owen Dwyer and Owen J. Dwyer

Book Overview

The creation of memorials dedicated to the civil rights movement is a watershed event in the commemoration of southern and American history, an important reversal in the traditional invisibility of African Americans within the preservation movement. Collective memory, to be sure, is certainly about honoring the past--whether it is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace in Atlanta or the memorial to Rosa Parks in Montgomery--but it is also about the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193006683X
• ISBN13: 9781930066830
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Center for American Places
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.1"