Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-248) and index.
Contents:
Making collective memory: the contentious politics of commemorating King -- Mobilizing collective memory: the gnarled branches of Civil Rights memory in contentious politics -- "Dr. King would be outraged!" LGBTQ and family values activists' contests over the moral boundaries of memory -- "This is the beginning of us taking back America": immigrant rights activists' and nativists' contests over the national boundaries of memory -- "Muslims are the new Blacks": Muslim activists, the Islamophobia movement, and the racial boundaries of memory -- #MeToo, Black feminism, the Queenmakers: restoring the intersectional legacies of the Civil Rights Movement -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix.
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