Street names and the scaling of memory: The politics of commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr within the African American community

Area

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-173

  Alderman, Derek H ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Commemoration; Martin Luther King; Scale; Street naming; United States

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; MEMORY; PLACE NAME;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038503572     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4762.00250     Document Type: Article

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