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Sites of Struggle: Civil Rights and the Politics of Memorialization

Chudzinski, Adrienne Elyse
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1335379573

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2012, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
This thesis explores the politics of commemoration surrounding three sites of struggle related to the civil rights movement. By contrasting the accepted civil rights narrative with the counter-memory of the these contentious spaces, I illustrate how and why the Black Panther Party headquarters in Chicago, the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee and various sites related to Emmett Till in both Chicago and Mississippi fail to fit into the official narrative and memory of the civil rights movement. Using each site as a case study, I challenge the traditional assumption that civil rights memorials are thorough and complete by exposing significant spaces that are actively neglected in the collective memory. Through analysis and interpretation of these contentious landscapes, I demonstrate the ways in which these sites serve as both literal and symbolic battlegrounds for not only civil rights, but also the constant struggle for representation and commemoration.
Marguerite Shaffer, PhD (Advisor)
Nishani Frazier, PhD (Committee Member)
Helen Sheumaker, PhD (Committee Member)
112 p.
African American Studies; American History; American Studies; History; Museums
History; memory; civil rights movement; Fred Hampton; Black Panther Party; Chicago Police Department; Emmett Till; Mississippi; Ku Klux Klan; Pulaski; commemoration; memorialization

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  • Chudzinski, A. E. (2012). Sites of Struggle: Civil Rights and the Politics of Memorialization [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1335379573

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chudzinski, Adrienne. Sites of Struggle: Civil Rights and the Politics of Memorialization. 2012. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1335379573.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chudzinski, Adrienne. "Sites of Struggle: Civil Rights and the Politics of Memorialization." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1335379573

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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