#wearepublichistory

#wearepublichistory was a PHC-sponsored, public-driven curriculum intended to spark conversation and action around the definitions, politics, and ethics of public history - with a focus on Black History. Click on the images to learn more about each of the components that make Public History. 

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What is Public History?

staircase at Heard Museum with large portrait of Frida Kahlo on the wall
Staircase at Heard Museum with large portrait of Frida Kahlo on the wall

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Radical Public History

Hispanic Newspaper Article for Women's Suffrage
Column supporting women's suffrage from the Tucson newspaper, El Fronterizo, August 15, 1896. Historic Mexican & Mexican American Press Digital Collection, UA Libraries

 

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Libraries & Public History

Old UArizona Library
© Special Collections, The University of Arizona Libraries, University of Arizona Photograph Collection

 

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Boxes in a curated archive at the Library of Congress
A processed archival collection ready for researchers at the Library of Congress, Washington DC

Archives and Public History 

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Black American attending a movie
Attending a Movie in Chicago Illinois, ca 1941 Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Recorded Virtual Chats

Inspired by other #syllabus projects, including #blmsyllabus, #fergusonsyllabus and #charlestonsyllabus, which were organized to encourage black study in response to state violence, we offered this open syllabus creation activity to foster wider conversation about public history as a field and practice. We invited members of the public to engage with our definitions, questions, and resources through the Twitter hashtag #wearepublichistory (or by contacting us at phc@arizona.edu). Go to #wearepublichistory and check out the conversation.