Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice

Pilgrim, David

ISBN 10: 1629631140 / ISBN 13: 9781629631141

Published by PM Press, 2015

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pp. 224.

Seller Inventory # 18372487355

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice
• Publisher: PM Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629631140
• ISBN 13: 9781629631141
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Understanding Jim Crow introduces readers to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, a collection of more than 10,000 contemptible collectibles that are used to engage visitors in intense and intelligent discussions about race, race relations and racism. The museum and this book exist to help overcome our collective trepidation and reluctance to talk about race. This book is both a grisly tour through America's past and an auspicious starting point for understanding and healing.

About the Author

David Pilgrim is a professor, orator, and human rights activist. He is best known as the founder and curator of the Jim Crow Museum a 10,000-piece collection of racist artifacts located at Ferris State University, which uses objects of intolerance to teach about race, race relations, and racism. He is the author of "On Being Black." He lives in Big Rapids, Michigan. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is the author of "Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513 2008." He is also an Emmy Award winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts."