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Publication Date: 2013-Dec
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"I'm on a Stage": Rhetorical History, Performance, and the Development of the Central Pennsylvania African American Museum
Grobman, Laurie
College Composition and Communication, v65 n2 p299-323 Dec 2013
This article examines founder Frank L. Gilyard's role in the establishment of the Central Pennsylvania African American Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, through the dual lenses of African American rhetoric and performance studies. It concludes with an analysis of how these insights informed a community-based research course in honors first-year composition.
Descriptors: Museums, Program Development, African Americans, African American Culture, African American History, Racial Factors, Performance, Oral Tradition, Racial Bias, Cooperative Planning
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