A01=Alexandria Russell
African American women
Author_Alexandria Russell
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club women
commemoration
culture of recognition
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historic preservation
historical marker
house museum
memorialization
memorializer
Memorials
named memorials
National Association of Colored Women
National Council of Negro Women
public memory crafter
Product details
- ISBN 9780252088360
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Dec 2024
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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From Black clubwomen to members of preservation organizations, African American women have made commemoration a central part of Black life and culture. Alexandria Russell illuminates the process of memorialization while placing African American women at the center of memorials they brought into being and others constructed in their honor. Their often undocumented and unheralded work reveals the importance of the memorializers and public memory crafters in establishing a culture of recognition. Forced to strategize with limited resources, the women operated with a resourcefulness and savvy that had to meet challenges raised by racism, gender and class discrimination, and specific regional difficulties. Yet their efforts from the 1890s to the 2020s shaped and honed practices that became indispensable to the everyday life and culture of Black Americans.
Intersectional and original, Black Women Legacies explores the memorialization of African American women and its distinctive impact on physical and cultural landscapes throughout the United States.
Alexandria Russell is Executive Director of the Boston Women's Heritage Trail.
