Interpreting African American history and culture at museums and historic sites / edited by Max A. van Balgooy ; foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director, National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Other author Balgooy, Max van.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Descriptionxvii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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SeriesInterpreting history ; 3
Contents Pride and prejudice: interpreting slavery at the homes of five founding fathers / Amanda Seymour -- Developing a comprehensive and conscientious interpretation of slavery at historic sites and museums / Kristin L. Gallas and James DeWolf Perry -- Interpreting difficult knowledge / Julia Rose -- Expanding interpretation at historic sites: when change brings conflict / David W. Young -- There is a doctor in the house--and he's Black / Michelle L. McClellan -- Finding Sarah Bickford / William Peterson -- Documenting local African American community history: some guidelines for consideration / Lila Teresa Church -- Interpreting the upper-ground railroad / Matthew Pinsker -- Churches as places of history: the case of nineteenth century Charleston, South Carolina / Bernard E. Powers, Jr. -- Imagining slave square: resurrecting history through cemetery research and interpretation / D L Henderson -- Furnishing slave quarters and free black homes: adding a powerful tool to interpreting African American life / Martha B. Katz-Hyman -- Six degrees of separation: using social media and digital platforms to enhance African American history projects / Lynn Rainville -- Asking big questions of a small place / George W. McDaniel -- Power in limits: narrow frames open up African American public history / Benjamin Filene -- Connecting students with community history / Stacia Kuceyeski -- Do you have what it takes to be a freedom fighter? / Andrea K. Jones -- Preserving Los Angeles' African American historic places / Jenny Scanlin and Teresa Grimes -- More than just a building: interpreting the legacy of Frederick Douglass Elementary School / Wendi Manuel-Scott and Sara Howard-O'Brien -- Soul soldiers: giving voice to Vietnam's veterans / Robbie Davis -- Making African American history relevant through co-creation and community service learning / Robert P. Connolly and Ana Maria Rea -- The Scottsboro Boys Museum: university-community collaboration yields unanticipated results / Ellen Griffith Spears, in collaboration with Shelia Washington.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
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LCCN 2014030454
ISBN9780759122789 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780759122796 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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