Historic preservation, history, and the African American

the long version

This paper assess the level of professional and community-based participation by African Americans in the historic preservation movement at the state level. The research which forms the basis of my argument was collected from preservation offices in eleven southern states, and serves as a partial follow-up to a three year study conducted by the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO). The states chosen for this analysis were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caroline, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.