Title Challenging history : race, equity, and the practice of public history / edited by Leah Worthington, Rachel Clare Donaldson, and John W. White

Published Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 184 pages) : illustrations Series The Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world. Contents They wore white and prayed to the east: the material legacy of enslaved Muslims in early America / Ayla Amon -- More than just a way across the water: the identification, preservation, and commemoration of ferry sites in South Carolina / Edward Salo -- Power, representation, and memory in the Great Dismal Swamp / Kathryn Benjamin Golden -- Hidden in plain sight: contested histories and urban slavery in Mississippi / Jodi Skipper -- Creating and maintaining digital public history: the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative / Leah Worthington -- The Ansonborough Project: lessons in historic preservation / Ashley Hollinshead -- "A thin neck in the hourglass": looking back at Charleston Harbor from Colorado... and looking forward / Peter H. Wood Summary "The volume Challenging History: Race, Equity, and the Practice of Public History brings together a collection of scholars and practitioners of public history in order to explore one of the most important challenges facing public historians today: how to engage their audiences on topics of slavery, racism, and inequality. The importance, and challenges, of speaking to public audiences about slavery and race has received renewed attention in recent years. This has included a number of discussions about how to interpret sites of enslavement as well as the work of organizations like the Equal Justice Initiative and their work to help localities confront the history of lynching. In recent months, the renewed reflection on the meaning of public monuments, and the removal of a number of those monuments, has served as a reminder of the significant impact that public interpretations about the past have in the present. For those working on the front lines of historical interpretation, the challenges of interpreting the 'problematical past' have stood at the forefront of professional practice for a much longer time. In a series of case studies and reflective essays, the contributors to the present volume guide readers through a discussion of successes, failures, and possibilities that collectively point the way toward a more inclusive presentation of our collective past. Far from being settled issues, these are questions that are at the forefront of public history practice as well as our collective political discourse"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 07, 2021) Subject Public history -- Social aspects -- United States Historic sites -- Interpretive programs -- Southern States -- Case studies African Americans -- Southern States -- History Slavery -- Southern States -- History Racism -- United States HISTORY / United States / General African Americans Historic sites -- Interpretive programs Public opinion Race relations Racism Slavery SUBJECT Southern States -- History -- Public opinion United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject Southern States United States Genre/Form Case studies History Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Worthington, Leah M., editor Donaldson, Rachel Clare, editor White, John W., 1974- editor. LC no. 2021010543 ISBN 9781643362014 1643362011

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