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

by Andrea A. Burns

Book Overview

Winner of the 2015 National Council on Public History Book Award
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."

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625340354
• ISBN13: 9781625340351
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher