Place politics: Material transformation and community identity at the national civil rights museum

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 897-914

  Armada, Bernard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American memory; Community identity; Martin Luther King Jr.; National Civil Rights Museum; Place

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952357723     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934708321848     Document Type: Article

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