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More copies of this ISBN:Civil Rights Movement in American Memoryby Renee Christine Romano
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Memories of the civil rights movement are being created and maintained through memorials, art exhibits, community celebrations, and even street names. At least fifteen civil rights movement museums have opened since 1990; Mississippi Burning, Four Little Girls, and The Long Walk Home only begin to suggest the range of film and television dramatizations of pivotal events; and groups from Christian conservatives to gay rights activists have claimed the civil rights mantle. Contests over the movement's meaning are a crucial part of the continuing fight against racism and inequality. These writings look at how civil rights memories become established as fact through museum exhibits, street naming, and courtroom decisions. Here is a book for anyone interested in how we collectively recall, claim, understand, and represent the past. Book News Annotation:Romano (history and African American studies, Wesleyan U.) and
Raiford (African American studies, U. of California at Berkeley)
present an anthology exploring the nature and significance of the
historical memory of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s
and 60s. Highlighting how contestations over the construction and
representation of historical memory can reveal contrasting social and
political agendas for the present and future and different attitudes
towards America's past, the 12 papers address the explore such topics
a the reputational politics of commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.
in Georgia street names, media culture public memory of the civil
rights movement, photographic memory of black power in Vibe magazine,
remembering race and gender in the Mississippi movement, deaf
activism at Gaullaudet University and historical memory of the civil
rights movement, and the adoption of civil rights movement rhetoric
by the Christian right.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Making sense of our cluttered, selective memory of the civil rights movement.
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