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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
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Final Recommendations to the Administrator, General Services Administration and the United States Congress on the Memorialization of the African Burial Ground
Author: Memorialization of The African Burial Ground
Author: Peggy King JordePublisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
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Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground
Author: Foley Square Construction Project and the Historic African Burial Ground, New York, NY
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and GroundsPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Administration of Cemeteries
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' AffairsPublisher:
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Category : National cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
In the Shadow of the United States Capitol
Author: Abby Arthur JohnsonPublisher: New Acdemia+ORM
ISBN: 1955835101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
A fascinating study of America’s first national burial ground, with photos: “It’s stunning to realize what a who’s who exists in that space.” —Howard Gillette, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University at Camden This study explores the multiple ways in which Congressional Cemetery has been positioned for some two hundred years in “the shadow” of the U.S. Capitol. The narrative proceeds chronologically, discussing the burial ground during three periods: the antebellum years; the years from the end of the Civil War to approximately 1970, when the site progressively deteriorated; and the period from the early 1970s to 2007, when both public and private organizations worked to preserve the physical site and the memory of what it has been and continues to represent. This monograph focuses on the dominant narrative associated with the site: its legacy as the first national burial ground in the nation. Given this emphasis, the text presents a political and cultural analysis of the cemetery, with particular focus on the participation of the U.S. Congress. “This book makes historians and many others aware of a fascinating and complicated history. Moreover, it not only details the long history of the cemetery, but it uses it to explore the nature of historic memorials generally in the creation of national memory.” —Steven Diner, Chancellor of Rutgers University at Newark “The history of Congressional Cemetery is intimately tied up in the changing demographics of its locale, and its corresponding decline as the neighborhood around Christ Church changed led to its emergence as a cause célèbre for historic preservationists.” —Donald Kennon, Chief Historian for the United States Capitol Historical Society and editor of The Capitol Dome “The Johnsons have done an excellent job of mining a wide range of sources and conveying the complex history of an institution that merits documentation.” —Howard Gillette, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University at Camden
A Bill to Establish the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center in New York, New York, and for Other Purposes
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
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Category : Historic sties
Languages : en
Pages : 19
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Draft Management Recommendations for the African Burial Ground
Author: U. S. Department of the InteriorPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781482369618
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Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This report summarizes the history of the African Burial Ground, proposes a mission statement, identifies the site's nationally significant elements and basic resources and values, and presents for public discussion alternatives regarding the burial ground's future management.
Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism
Author: Mark P. LeonePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461547679
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
American things, American material culture, and American archaeology are the themes of this book. The authors use goods used or made in America to illuminate issues such as tenancy, racism, sexism, and regional bias. Contributors utilize data about everyday objects - from tin cans and bottles to namebrand items, from fish bones to machinery - to analyze the way American capitalism works. Their cogent analyses take us literally from broken dishes to the international economy. Especially notable chapters examine how an archaeologist formulates questions about exploitation under capitalism, and how the study of artifacts reveals African-American middle class culture and its response to racism.
The African Burial Ground in New York City
Author: Andrea E. FrohnePublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815653271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
In 1991, archaeologists in lower Manhattan unearthed a stunning discovery. Buried for more than 200 years was a communal cemetery containing the remains of up to 20,000 people. At roughly 6.6 acres, the African Burial Ground is the largest and earliest known burial space of African descendants in North America. In the years that followed its discovery, citizens and activists fought tirelessly to demand respectful treatment of eighteenth-century funerary remains and sacred ancestors. After more than a decade of political battle—on local and national levels—and scientific research at Howard University, the remains were eventually reburied on the site in 2003. Capturing the varied perspectives and the emotional tenor of the time, Frohne narrates the story of the African Burial Ground and the controversies surrounding urban commemoration. She analyzes both its colonial and contemporary representations, drawing on colonial era maps, prints, and land surveys to illuminate the forgotten and hidden visual histories of a mostly enslaved population buried in the African Burial Ground. Tracing the history and identity of the area from a forgotten site to a contested and negotiated space, Frohne situates the burial ground within the context of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century race relations in New York City to reveal its enduring presence as a spiritual place.