Jim Crow Museum on Racist Memorabilia
FASCINATING!! This is an interesting link from the Jim Crow Museum on racist memorabilia. I think that this might be worth taking a visit to film in Big Rapids, Michigan. Visually jarring, this will help to set up the history of why relationships between white and black people in the US are still so convoluted. As the museum is on a college campus, I imagine that they will be more open than other museums to the prospect of being filmed. I might even interview the curator, Dr. John Thorp (Social Sciences division head, Ferris Univ. (231) 591-5873 thorpj@ferris.edu) on camera.
These are the objectives of the museum:-Collect, exhibit and preserve objects and collections related to racial segregation, civil rights and anti-Black caricatures.
-Promote the scholarly examination of historical and contemporary expressions of racism.
-Serve as a teaching resource for Ferris State University courses which deal, directly or indirectly, with the issues of race and ethnicity.
-Serve as an educational resource for scholars and teachers at the state, national and international levels.
-Promote racial understanding and healing.
-Serve as a resource for civil rights and human rights organizations.
Link to the Virtual Museum: http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/menu.htm
Link to interesting article about the formulation of the tragic mulatto myth:
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/mulatto/
These are the objectives of the museum:-Collect, exhibit and preserve objects and collections related to racial segregation, civil rights and anti-Black caricatures.
-Promote the scholarly examination of historical and contemporary expressions of racism.
-Serve as a teaching resource for Ferris State University courses which deal, directly or indirectly, with the issues of race and ethnicity.
-Serve as an educational resource for scholars and teachers at the state, national and international levels.
-Promote racial understanding and healing.
-Serve as a resource for civil rights and human rights organizations.
Link to the Virtual Museum: http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/menu.htm
Link to interesting article about the formulation of the tragic mulatto myth:
http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/mulatto/
