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100 1 _aPilgrim, David,
_d1959-
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding Jim Crow :
_busing racist memorabilia to teach tolerance and promote social justice /
_cDavid Pilgrim.
264 1 _aOakland, CA :
_bPM Press,
_c[2015]
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _axi, 187 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c26 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 174-182) and index.
505 0 _aForeword by Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter one. The garbage man : why I collect racist objects -- Chapter two. An unorthodox teaching tool -- Chapter three. Understanding Jim Crow -- Chapter four. A caricatured family -- Chapter five. Flawed women -- Chapter six. Dangerous men -- Chapter seven. A night in Howell -- About the museum -- About the author -- Notes -- Index.
520 _a"For many people, especially those who came of age after landmark civil rights legislation was passed, it is difficult to understand what it was like to be an African American living under Jim Crow segregation in the United States. Most young Americans have little or no knowledge about restrictive covenants, literacy tests, poll taxes, lynchings, and other oppressive features of the Jim Crow racial hierarchy. Even those who have some familiarity with the period may initially view racist segregation and injustices as mere relics of a distant, shameful past. A proper understanding of race relations in this country must include a solid knowledge of Jim Crow--how it emerged, what it was like, how it ended, and its impact on the culture. Understanding Jim Crow introduces readers to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, a collection of more than ten thousand contemptible collectibles that are used to engage visitors in intense and intelligent discussions about race, race relations, and racism. The items are offensive. They were meant to be offensive. The items in the Jim Crow Museum served to dehumanize blacks and legitimized patterns of prejudice, discrimination, and segregation. Using racist objects as teaching tools seems counterintuitive--and, quite frankly, needlessly risky. Many Americans are already apprehensive discussing race relations, especially in settings where their ideas are challenged. The museum and this book exist to help overcome our collective trepidation and reluctance to talk about race. Fully illustrated, and with context provided by the museum's founder and director David Pilgrim, Understanding Jim Crow is both a grisly tour through America's past and an auspicious starting point for racial understanding and healing." -- taken from back cover.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSegregation
_xHistory.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001982.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xCivil rights
_xHistory.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100329.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSocial conditions.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001983.
650 0 _aRacism
_zUnited States.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110339.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xRace relations.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_xSegregation
_xCollectibles.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001982.
650 0 _aRacism
_xCollectibles
_zUnited States.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110266.
700 1 _aGates, Henry Louis,
_cJr.,
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81146304.
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