{"product_id":"race-place-and-memory-deep-currents-in-wilmington-north-carolina","title":"Race, Place, and Memory: Deep Currents in Wilmington, North Carolina","description":"\u003cp\u003eA revealing work of public history that shows how communities remember their pasts in different ways to fit specific narratives, \u003ci\u003eRace, Place, and Memory\u003c\/i\u003e charts the ebb and flow of racial violence in Wilmington, North Carolina, from the 1730s to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Mulrooney argues that white elites have employed public spaces, memorials, and celebrations to maintain the status quo. The port city has long celebrated its white colonial revolutionary origins, memorialized Decoration Day, and hosted Klan parades. Other events, such as the Azalea Festival, have attempted to present a false picture of racial harmony to attract tourists. And yet, the revolutionary acts of Wilmington's African American citizens--who also demanded freedom, first from slavery and later from Jim Crow discrimination--have gone unrecognized. As a result, beneath the surface of daily life, collective memories of violence and alienation linger among the city's black population.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMulrooney describes her own experiences as a public historian involved in the centennial commemoration of the so-called Wilmington Race Riot of 1898, which perpetuated racial conflicts in the city throughout the twentieth century. She shows how, despite organizers' best efforts, a white-authored narrative of the riot's contested origins remains. Mulrooney makes a case for public history projects that recognize the history-making authority of all community members and prompts us to reconsider the memories we inherit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret M. Mulrooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813054926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret M. Mulrooney\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of history and associate vice provost of university programs at James Madison University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Powder, White Lace: The du Pont Irish and Cultural Identity in Nineteenth-Century America.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53323823612202,"sku":"9780813054926","price":161.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/4553\/1946\/files\/img_133b879a-5e85-4a27-bf23-a54f8b7f7773.jpg?v=1793058277","url":"https:\/\/delvanta.shop\/products\/race-place-and-memory-deep-currents-in-wilmington-north-carolina","provider":"Whitmore Lane","version":"1.0","type":"link"}