Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and

Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums

Focusing on black Americansâ€™ participation in worldâ€™s fairs, Emancipation expositions, and early black grassroots museums, Negro Building traces the evolution of black public history from the Civil War through the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Mabel O. Wilson gives voice to the figures that conceived the curatorial contentâ€•Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, A. Philip Randolph, Horace Cayton and Margaret Burroughs. As the 2015 opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., approaches, the book reveals why the black cities of Chicago and Detroit became the sites of major black historical museums rather than the nationâ€™s capitalâ€•until now.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2012-05-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520268425

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2012-05-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520268425

Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums