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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kachun, Mitchell Alan (1957-....)
Titre(s) : First martyr of liberty [Texte imprimé] : Crispus Attucks in American memory / Mitch Kachun
Publication : New York : Oxford University Press, copyright [2017]
Description matérielle : xi, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"First Martyr of Liberty explores how Crispus Attucks's death in the 1770 Boston Massacre,
often cited as the first man to die in the American Revolution, led to his achieving
mythic significance in African Americans' struggle to incorporate their experiences
and heroes into the mainstream ofthe American historical narrative. While the other
victims of the Massacre have been largely ignored, Attucks is widely celebrated as
the first to die in the cause of freedom during the era of the American Revolution.
He became a symbolic embodiment of black patriotism and citizenship. This book traces
Attucks's career through both history and myth to understand how his public memory
has been constructed through commemorations and monuments; institutions and organizations
bearing his name; juvenile biographies; works of poetry, drama, and visual arts; popular
and academichistories; and school textbooks. There will likely never be a definitive
biography of Crispus Attucks since so little evidence exists about the man's actual
life. While what can and cannot be known about Attucks is addressed here, the focus
is on how he has been remembered - variously as either ahero or a villain - and why
at times he has been forgotten by different groups and individuals from the eighteenth
century to the present day."--Provided by the publisher
Sujet(s) : Attucks, Crispus (1723-1770)
Boston, Massacre de (1770)
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.27 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1763-1775
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199731619. - ISBN 0199731616
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45530845t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45530845
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Who was this man? ; The dustbin of history: Crispus Attucks and American amnesia,
1770s-1840s ; First martyr of liberty: Crispus Attucks and the struggle for citizenship
in the Civil War era ; Crispus Attucks meets Jim Crow: the segregation of American
memory, 1870s-1910s ; Crispus Attucks meets the new Negro: Black history and Black
heroes between the world wars ; Crispus Attucks meets Dorie Miller: Black patriotism
and activism in the World War II era ; Crispus Attucks and the Black freedom struggle,
1950s-1970s ; Crispus Attucks from the bicentennial to the culture wars, 1970s-1990s
; Crispus Attucks in twenty-first century America.
