Interpreting African American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites

Name/Title

Interpreting African American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites

Entry/Object ID

2015.007.2

Description

Suggests ways to improve and enhance the interpretation of African American history at museums and historic sites. Contents: Pride and prejudice: interpreting slavery at the homes of five founding fathers / by Amanda Seymour -- Developing comprehensive and conscientious interpretation of slavery at historic sites and museums / by Kristin L. Gallas and James DeWolf Perry -- Interpreting difficult knowledge / by Julia Rose -- Expanding interpretation at historic sites: when change brings conflict / by David W. Young -- There is a doctor in the house -- and he's Black / by Michelle L. McClellan -- Finding Sarah Bickford / by William Peterson -- Documenting local African American community history / by Lila Teresa Church -- Interpreting the upper-ground railroad / by Matthew Pinsker -- Churches as places of history: the case of nineteenth century Charleston, South Carolina / by Bernard E. Powers, Jr. -- Imagining slave square: resurrecting history through cemetery research and interpretation / by D L Henderson -- Furnishing slave quarters and free black homes: adding a powerful tool to interpreting African American life / by Martha B. Katz-Hyman -- Six degrees of separation: using social media and digital platforms to enhance African American history projects / by Lynn Rainville -- Asking big questions of a small place / by George W. McDaniel -- Power in limits: narrow frames open up African American public history / by Benjamin Filene -- Connecting students with community history / by Stacia Kuceyeski -- Do you have what it takes to be a freedom fighter? / by Andrea K. Jones -- Preserving Los Angeles' African American historic places / by Jenny Scanlin and Teresa Grimes -- More than just a building: interpreting the legacy of the Frederick Douglass Elementary School / by Wendi Manuel-Scott and Sara Howard-O'Brien -- Soul soldiers: giving voice to Vietnam's veterans / by Robbie Davis -- Making African American history relevant through co-creation and community service learning / by Robert Connolly and Ana M. Rea -- The Scottsboro Boys Museum: university-community collaboration yields unanticipated results / by Ellen Griffith Spears and Shelia Washington. xvii, 216 pages : ill. ; 26 cm, (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2015.007

Source or Donor

Mr. Max van Bolgooy

Acquisition Method

Other

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

African Americans--Museums, African Americans--History, Museums--Social aspects--United States, Public history--United States

Book Details

Author

Balgooy, Max van

Series

Interpreting History

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Place Published

Location

Lanham, MD

Date Published

circa 2015

Call No.

E185.53 .A1 I58 2015

ISBN

9780759122796

Notes

Copy No.: 2

Location

Location

Room

Museum Mgr's Office

Building

AR

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: Edited by Max van Balgooy. Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index. Copy provided gratis per terms of Permission to Publish image of Emanuel A.M.E. Church (p. 94).

Created By

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Create Date

February 23, 2015

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

November 30, 2015