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A place for memory : Baltimore's historic Laurel Cemetery

Title
A place for memory : Baltimore's historic Laurel Cemetery / edited by Isaac Shearn and Elgin Klugh.
Publication
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

Details

Additional Authors
  • Shearn, Isaac, 1982-
  • Klugh, Elgin, 1973-
Description
xvi, 204 pages illustrations (black and white); 24 cm
Summary
"This book highlights and historicizes underexplored and forgotten people and events associated with Laurel Cemetery (1852-1957)--the first non-denominational African American cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland--stressing the importance of their work in laying the social, economic, and political foundation for Baltimore's African American community"--
Alternative Title
Baltimore's historic Laurel Cemetery
Subject
  • Laurel Cemetery (Baltimore, Md.) > History
  • Laurel Cemetery Memorial Project
  • African American cemeteries > Maryland > Baltimore
  • Human remains (Archaeology) > Maryland > Baltimore
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Maryland > Baltimore
  • Community archaeology > Maryland > Baltimore
  • African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > History
  • African American cemeteries
  • African Americans
  • Antiquities
  • Community archaeology
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • Human remains (Archaeology)
  • Race relations
  • Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations > History
  • Baltimore (Md.) > Antiquities
  • Maryland > Baltimore
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Story of Laurel Cemetery / Elgin Klugh and Isaac Shearn -- "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" Resurrecting Baltimore's Laurel Cemetery / Edward C. Papenfuse -- Laurel Cemetery : Key to Unlocking Baltimore's African American History / Donna Tyler Hollie -- Creating a Legacy of Activism / Beverly B. Carter -- "Gather around their sacred remains" : An Overview of the Laurel National Cemetery / Robert W. Schoeberlein -- Not Without a Fight : The Decline and Closure of Laurel Cemetery / Isaac Shearn -- Public Archaeology at Laurel Cemetery / Ronald A. Castanzo -- Archival Research : Reconstructing the burial population of Laurel Cemetery / Glenn A. Blackwell -- Reconciling the Landscape : Public Engagement and Placemaking at the site of Laurel Cemetery / Elgin Klugh.
ISBN
  • 9781538156131
  • 153815613X
  • 9781538156148 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022046318
OCLC
YBP 2022046318
Title
A place for memory : Baltimore's historic Laurel Cemetery / edited by Isaac Shearn and Elgin Klugh.
Publisher
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Shearn, Isaac, 1982- editor.
Klugh, Elgin, 1973- editor.
Other Form:
Online version: Place for memory Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] 9781538156148 (DLC) 2022046319
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