Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
History
Date of Award
5-2005
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Stephen G Fritz
Committee Members
Andrew L. Slap, Dale J. Schmitt
Abstract
Memory is constructed to solidify a certain version of the past in the collective identity. History and memory occupy a controversial role in the New South, with battles over the legacy of the Civil War and the reassertion of Confederate symbols in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement's challenge to the status quo.
Memory of the Civil Rights Movement is entering public conscious through cultural mediums such as films and museums, as well as through politically contentious debates over the continued display of the Confederate battle flag and the creation of a federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The process is still taking place to construct the Civil Rights Movement within the American collective memory. What aspects of this history are commemorated, and which aspects are neglected, will have impact in American society well into the twenty-first century.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Barclay, Joanne Sarah, "Uncivil War: Memory and Identity in the Reconstruction of the Civil Rights Movement." (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 999. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/999
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.