Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism from World War II Into the Cold War Contributor(s): Rocksborough-Smith, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 025208330X ISBN-13: 9780252083303 Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2018 Click for more in this series: New Black Studies |
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BISAC Categories: - History | African American - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 305.896 |
LCCN: 2018933961 |
Series: New Black Studies |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.90 lbs) 238 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
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Publisher Description: 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 movement that promoted political progress in the crucial time between World War II and the onset of the Cold War. Ian Rocksborough-Smith's meticulous research and adept storytelling provide the first in-depth look at how these committed individuals leveraged Chicago's black public history. Their goal: to engage with the struggle for racial equality. Rocksborough-Smith shows teachers working to advance curriculum reform in public schools, while well-known activists Margaret and Charles Burroughs pushed for greater recognition of black history by founding the DuSable Museum of African American History. Organizations like the Afro-American Heritage Association, meanwhile, used black public history work to connect radical politics and nationalism. Together, these people and their projects advanced important ideas about race, citizenship, education, and intellectual labor that paralleled the shifting terrain of mid-twentieth-century civil rights. |
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