Presenting the Digital Humanities Collection -- Trials, Triumphs, and Transformations: Tennesseans' Search for Citizenship, Community, and Opportunity

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Date
2017
Authors
Digital Scholarship Initiatives
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Digital Scholarship Initiatives, Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Abstract
Tennessee’s history between the end of the American Civil War (1865) and the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act often gets ignored. This historic period offers insights into the transformations that took place, including challenges and achievements, as Tennesseans searched for citizenship, community and opportunity. Citizenship—what that has meant and how that has changed—is at the heart of this digital exploration into Tennessee history and culture. This digital collection’s objects, songs, photographs, paintings, and documents often reveal the challenges faced by Tennesseans as they pursued the rights and benefits of citizenship.
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A curated collection of rare, hidden, and unique items uncovered from collaborative partnerships including universities, public libraries, state and local archives, museums, and historical societies across the state. The collection includes interpretive layers such as scholarly essays, lesson plans, interactive visualizations and metadata records.
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digital humanities, citizenship, Tennessee, history
Citation
Center for Historic Preservation and James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University