Title: The Civil Rights movement in American memory
Description: 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 rights, Civil rights movements, united states, Popular culture, united states, United states, race relations, African Americans in popular culture, African Americans, Civil rights, History, Civil rights movements, Racism in popular culture, Race relations, Popular culture