Institutionalizing Counter-Memories of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: The National Civil Rights Museum and an Application of the Interest-Convergence Principle

Sociological Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 305-327

  Pelak, Cynthia Fabrizio ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil rights movement; Collective memory; Counter memories; Interest convergence theory; Public commemoration; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930276314     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/socf.12164     Document Type: Article

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