The Story of His Life and Work: Public History at The Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial (1945-1956)

In 1945, Black leaders gained political and financial support from the governments of Virginia and the United States to establish the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial at the site of Washington’s birth in Franklin County, Virginia. The Memorial organization undertook public history work that emphasized Washington as a significant figure in United States history and provided needed education services to Black Southerners. In pursuit of their goals staff, of the Memorial navigated the political and social context of Jim Crow Virginia; this thesis discusses how the history of Booker T. Washington was represented during the founding and operation of the Birthplace Memorial (1945-1956), a time of upheaval in Virginian race relations.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Department dc:contributor.department

History

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Evers, Sara L.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Taylor, Jessica

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Quigley, Paul
• Hicks, David

• Public History
• Booker T. Washington
• Jim Crow
• Civil Rights

Statement dc:rights

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/115287

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/115287