Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / AASLH
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-5381-1373-8 • Paperback • June 2018 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
978-1-5381-1374-5 • eBook • June 2018 • $37.00 • (£28.00)
David B. Allison is the editor of Controversial Monuments and Memorials: A Guide for Community Leaders and author of Living History: Effective Costumed Interpretation and Enactment at Museums and Historic Sites, published in 2016. He is the Onsite Programs Manager at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and holds an M.A. in U.S. History from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis and a M.B.A. from Regis University. Prior to moving to Colorado, Allison designed and developed experiences for audiences at Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, north of Indianapolis, where he worked for ten years.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TERMS
INTRODUCTION
Charlottesville, Memory and How to Read this Book
MUSEUMS, CONTROVERSY AND THE PAST
- History as Legend and Myth as Fact
David B. Allison
- Confronting Confederate Monuments in the Twenty-First Century
Modupe Labode
- History, Memory, and the Struggle for the Future
W. Todd Groce
THE CIVIL WAR, RECONSTRUCTION AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RACISM
- Remembering the Civil War
David B. Allison
- Memorializing the Confederate Past at Gettysburg During the Civil Rights and Cold War Era
Jill Ogline Titus
- Tributes to the Past, Present, and Future: World War I-Era Confederate Memorialization in Virginia
Thomas R. Seabrook
- Don’t Call Them Memorials
Julian C. Chambliss
- A Lost Cause in the Bluegrass: Two Confederate Monuments in Lexington, Kentucky
Stuart W. Sanders
- Challenging Historical Remembrance, Myth, and Identity: The Confederate Monuments Debate
F. Sheffield Hale
- Empty Pedestals: What should be done with Civic Monuments to the Confederacy and its Leaders?
Civil War Times
NATIVE PEOPLES AND WHITE-WASHED HISTORY
- From Columbus to Serra and Beyond
David B. Allison
- Native Voices at Little Bighorn National Monument
Gerard Baker
- Should the Statue of Theodore Roosevelt Outside the American Museum of Natural History Be Removed?: A Possible Compromise
William S. Walker
IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE RATIONAL AND SYMPATHETIC MINDS
14. Group Behavior, Self-examination and Clearing the Air around Controversial Issues
David B. Allison
15. Confederate Memorials: Choosing Futures for Our Past, A Veteran’s Perspective
George McDaniel
16. Speech upon the Removal of Confederate Statues from New Orleans, May 19, 2017
Mitch Landrieu
17. A Reflection of Us: The Simpsons and Heroes of the Past
Jose Zuniga
COMMUNITY RESPONSIVENESS AND HISTORICAL RE-CONTEXTUALIZATION
18. “The Struggle to Overcome the Negatives of the Past”: Germany’s Vergangenheitsbewältigung and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Program,
David B. Allison
19. “We as Citizens.…”: Approaches to Memorialization by Sites of Conscience around the World
Linda Norris
20. Listening and Responding to Community: A Long View
David B. Allison
21. Confederate Statues at the University of Texas at Austin
Ben Wright
22. Honoring El Movimiento: the Chicano Movement in Colorado
JJ Lonsinger Rutherford
23. Not What's Broken; What's Healed: Women in El Barrio and the Healing Power of Community
Vanessa Cuervo Forero
24. Telling the Whole Story: Education and Interpretation in Support of #1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis
Elizabeth Pickard
25. Project Say Something’s Whose Monument Project: Not Tearing Down History, But Building Up Hope
Brian Murphy
CONCLUSION
Bibliography
Index
About the Editor and Contributors
“Loving each other leads to strength. Resilience emerges from a community that cares for each other. These are the touchstones that will fuel transformation and promote true reconciliation with the painful past,” writes David B. Allison in his introduction to this timely collection of essays. The book includes thoughtful perspectives—and practical questions that can be put to use—from community leaders and public historians.
— Public Art Review
With a mix of philosophical and practical advice, the authors address today’s relevant issues about race, memory, and history. Even if your community has not yet faced this conflict, it will and you will want this book on your shelf.
— Melanie A. Adams, Senior Director, Guest Experience and Educational Service Minnesota Historical Society