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Race, Place, and Memory: Deep Currents in Wilmington, North Carolina

Race, Place, and Memory: Deep Currents in Wilmington, North Carolina

Mulrooney, Margaret M.

Hardcover

Series: Cultural Heritage Studies

AnthropologyGeneral SociologyRegional: South

ISBN10: 0813054923
ISBN13: 9780813054926
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Florida
Published: Feb 6 2018
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.54
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

A revealing work of public history that shows how communities remember their pasts in different ways to fit specific narratives, Race, Place, and Memory charts the ebb and flow of racial violence in Wilmington, North Carolina, from the 1730s to the present day.

Margaret Mulrooney argues that white elites have employed public spaces, memorials, and celebrations to maintain the status quo. The port city has long celebrated its white colonial revolutionary origins, memorialized Decoration Day, and hosted Klan parades. Other events, such as the Azalea Festival, have attempted to present a false picture of racial harmony to attract tourists. And yet, the revolutionary acts of Wilmington's African American citizens--who also demanded freedom, first from slavery and later from Jim Crow discrimination--have gone unrecognized. As a result, beneath the surface of daily life, collective memories of violence and alienation linger among the city's black population.

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