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struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 07:46 PM Aug 2015

Racist artifacts make Jim Crow Museum like none other (MI)

By Marvin Goodwin, The Oakland Press
POSTED: 08/21/15, 2:45 PM EDT

... visitors to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia .. can see how pervasive anti-black and stereotypical images of African-Americans are in American culture ...

... some 10,000 objects from the Jim Crow era are at the museum and most are on display. Each year, more than 5,000 people from all over the world visit. For those who do not visit, the museum’s web site is a doorway to the Jim Crow era of segregation, violence and racism. The museum also has a Facebook page ...

“I learned a lot, some of it I was aware of and some of it I wasn’t, especially the President Obama artifacts,” said Bessie Davis.

“Nothing surprised me because I lived it,” said Mary Boykins, a retired teacher from the Pontiac school district. “I’m from the South (Arkansas)” ...


http://www.theoaklandpress.com/20150821/racist-artifacts-make-jim-crow-museum-like-none-other

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Racist artifacts make Jim Crow Museum like none other (MI) (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2015 OP
Don't know if I can bear to click the link. tblue Aug 2015 #1
There's not much detail in the article. The museum itself is a project of Ferris State University struggle4progress Aug 2015 #2
It's important to remember shenmue Aug 2015 #3
Those little racist statuettes were all over the place where I grew up struggle4progress Aug 2015 #4
Thank you so much for posting. madaboutharry Aug 2015 #5
I am still living the Jim Crow era in Texas Gothmog Aug 2015 #6
Here's the website...clicking is only for those with low blood pressure jmowreader Aug 2015 #7
I live close to Big Rapids. longship Aug 2015 #8

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
2. There's not much detail in the article. The museum itself is a project of Ferris State University
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 07:52 PM
Aug 2015

It might be a useful resource

shenmue

(38,506 posts)
3. It's important to remember
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 07:59 PM
Aug 2015

Not too many years ago, there was still a Stuckey's out by the highway, and they had Sambo statuettes. I cringed when I saw that.

Now they're gone.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)
7. Here's the website...clicking is only for those with low blood pressure
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 09:34 PM
Aug 2015
http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/

Some of this shit is REALLY outrageous. And some of it...well, they've got a video of Saint Ronnie doing blackface, which helps to support this site's general opinion of that treasonous maggot.
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