Black public history in Chicago : civil rights activism from World War II to the cold war /

In civil-rights-era Chicago, a dedicated group of black activists, educators, and organizations employed black public history as more than cultural activism. Their work and vision energized a black public history movement that promoted political progress in the crucial time between World War II and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rocksborough-Smith, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Series:New Black studies series.
Subjects:
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Noirs américains > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
African Americans
Illinois > Chicago
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Editorial Note; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Curriculum Reforms in World War II Chicago; 2. Imagining a Black Museum in Cold War Chicago; 3. Black-History Activism and the Afro-American Heritage Association; 4. Cultural Fronts and Public-History Activism in the Black Power Era; 5. The Washington Park Relocation; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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