A place for memory : Baltimore's historic Laurel Cemetery /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
Description:	xvi, 204 pages illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language:	English
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. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13075920

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Baltimore's historic Laurel Cemetery
Other authors / contributors:	Shearn, Isaac, 1982- editor. Klugh, Elgin, 1973- editor.
ISBN:	9781538156131 153815613X 9781538156148
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--
Other form:	Online version: Place for memory Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] 9781538156148

Table of 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.

Similar Items