
The Civil Rights movement in American memory
About this book
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.
Subjects
African americans, civil rightsCivil rights movements, united statesPopular culture, united statesUnited states, race relationsAfrican Americans in popular cultureAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsRacism in popular cultureRace relationsPopular culture