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 museums 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 wasnt, 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. Im from the South (Arkansas) ...
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/20150821/racist-artifacts-make-jim-crow-museum-like-none-other
tblue
(16,350 posts)Racists freak me out.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)It might be a useful resource
shenmue
(38,506 posts)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.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)madaboutharry
(40,233 posts)The video tour given by Dr. Pilgrim is fascinating.
Gothmog
(145,666 posts)jmowreader
(50,567 posts)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.
longship
(40,416 posts)I will have to visit this.