First Martyr of Liberty explores how Crispus Attucks's death in the
1770 Boston Massacre led to his achieving mythic significance in
African Americans' struggle to incorporate their experiences and
heroes into the mainstream of the American historical narrative.
While the other victims of the Massacre have been largely ignored,
Attucks is widely celebrated as the first to die in the cause of
freedom during the era of the American Revolution. He became a
symbolic embodiment of black patriotism and citizenship. This book
traces Attucks's career through both history and myth to understand
how his public memory has been constructed through commemorations
and monuments; institutions and organizations bearing his name;
juvenile biographies; works of poetry, drama, and visual arts;
popular and academic histories; and school textbooks. There will
likely never be a definitive biography of Crispus Attucks since so
little evidence exists about the man's actual life. While what can
and cannot be known about Attucks is addressed here, the focus is
on how he has been remembered-variously as either a hero or a
villain-and why at times he has been forgotten by different groups
and individuals from the eighteenth century to the present day.
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