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Article
Blues Tourism and the Erasure of African American History
Public History Weekly
(2023)
Abstract
White fragility inhibits the responsible practice of public history in Mississippi blues tourism. Once touted as a force for racial reconciliation, the Mississippi Blues Commission abandoned its original goals under Republican Governor Haley Barbour, excluded African Americans from the decision-making process, and embraced more exclusive public history practices, which promote the erasure of African American history and obscure any connection to contemporary injustice.
Keywords
- public history,
- blues tourism,
- white fragility,
- African American History
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 18, 2023
DOI
dx.doi.org/10.1515/phw-2023-21499
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Citation Information
DeWayne Moore, Tyler: Blues Tourism and the Erasure of African American History. In: Public History Weekly 11 (2023) 4, DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1515/phw-2023-21499.
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