A Tradition of Struggle: Preserving Sites of Significance to African American History in Prince George's County, Maryland, 1969-2007

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dc.contributor.advisorSicilia, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorMichael, Courtney Elizabethen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-22T05:37:17Z
dc.date.available2007-06-22T05:37:17Z
dc.date.issued2007-04-30
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines efforts by the citizens of Prince George's County, Maryland to protect and preserve local historic sites significant to African American history. Since the early 1980s, preservationists in Prince George's County have recognized the importance of -- and made specific efforts to find, document and preserve -- sites that tell the story of African American life in the county. Using three case studies, Abraham Hall, Rosenwald Schools and the Butler House, this thesis demonstrates how preserving African American historic sites became a priority in Prince George's County, due to both a shift in local demographics and to changing practices in the field of historic preservation nationwide.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/6918
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, United Statesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, Blacken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhistoric preservationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAmerican historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAfrican American historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPrince George's Countyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMarylanden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMaryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commissionen_US
dc.titleA Tradition of Struggle: Preserving Sites of Significance to African American History in Prince George's County, Maryland, 1969-2007en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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