Come See the New “Whose Downtown?” Exhibit November 2, 2018

By Julie Hawks / November 2, 2018 May 6, 2020 / DC History Conference, Whose Downtown? / CCNV Shelter, Dan Kerr, displacement, homelessness, Oral history

The Humanities Truck will be on the UDC campus today, Friday, November 2, as part of the DC History Conference. Read about the conference in this Washington Post news story.

Our exhibit, “Whose Downtown?”, was created by American University Public History professor and Humanities Truck director, Dan Kerr.

Here is a sneak peek of our newest pop-up exhibit titled”Whose Downtown?” and created by @DrDanKerr. Come see the exhibit today at #DCHistCon on the UDC campus! pic.twitter.com/i3oTgFx05i

— Humanities Truck (@humanitiestruck) November 2, 2018

About The Author

Julie Hawks

Julie is a Ph.D. candidate at American University where she studies twentieth century American history. Her research interests include the politics of memory and identity, commemoration, material culture, racism, and gender studies. Julie's current research explores how traveling exhibitions reinforced race, gender, and class hierarchies during the post-WWII era. Julie is also the digital strategist for the Humanities Truck.