The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and the Politics of Post-Racialism

This article examines the history of the design of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, dedicated in October 2011. Based on documentary records and original interviews, it uncovers new evidence about the design competition, the design's oversight by federal commissions and the selecti...

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Veröffentlicht in:History and Memory. - Indiana University Press, 2019. - 32(2020), 2, Seite 36-77
1. Verfasser: Hagopian, Patrick (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:History and Memory
Schlagworte:Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights commemoration public sculpture Washington Mall post-racialism "color-blindness"