Name/Title
Interpreting African American History and Culture at Museums and Historic SitesEntry/Object ID
2015.007.2Description
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 LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2015.007Source or Donor
Mr. Max van BolgooyAcquisition Method
OtherLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
African Americans--Museums, African Americans--History, Museums--Social aspects--United States, Public history--United StatesBook Details
Author
Balgooy, Max vanSeries
Interpreting HistoryPublisher
Rowman & LittlefieldDate Published
circa 2015Call No.
E185.53 .A1 I58 2015ISBN
9780759122796Notes
Copy No.: 2Location
Location
Room
Museum Mgr's OfficeBuilding
ARCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General 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).Create Date
February 23, 2015Updated By
kemmonsUpdate Date
November 30, 2015