(Big Rapids-AP, April 10, 2004, 4:13 p.m.) A
black sociology professor at Ferris State University has
collected four-thousand Jim Crow items over the years in
the name of education.
All are now housed at the school's Jim
Crow Museum of Racist
Memorabilia. Jim Crow is a
post-Civil War term of discrimination
segregation of blacks.
Curator David Pilgrim says the museum's
mission is to help
people understand historical and
contemporary racist expressions.
He also says it
serves as a resource for civil rights and
The collection of racist figurines,
souvenirs and other related
items fill the display
cases with startling, anti-black words and
Pilgrim says he has no problem finding new items at
meets or online.
More information on the Jim Crow Museum of Racist
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