From Storefront to Monument - 9781625340351

From Storefront to MonumentTracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement\nAuthor(s): Andrea A. Burn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Massachusetts Press, United States\nImprint: University of Massachusetts Press\nISBN-13: 9781625340351, 978-1625340351\nSynopsis\nToday well over two hundred museums focusing on African American history and culture can be found throughout the United States and Canada. Many of these institutions trace their roots to the 1960s and 1970s, when the struggle for racial equality inspired a movement within the black community to make the history and culture of African America more public.\n\nThis book tells the story of four of these groundbreaking museums: the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago (founded in 1961); the International Afro-American Museum in Detroit [tel]; the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in Washington, [url] [tel]; and the African American Museum of Philadelphia [tel]. Andrea A. Burns shows how the found.