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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     More Content       More by this author     Pilgrim, David, 1959-     Subjects     Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- History.     Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- Collectibles.     Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- History.     Blacks -- United States -- Social conditions.     Racism -- United States.     Racism -- United States -- Collectibles.     United States -- Race relations.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pilgrim, David, 1959-       by title:      Understanding Jim Cr...      Originally published...       by call number:      323.1196 P638u     Search the Web     Pilgrim, David, 1959-     Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- History.     Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- Collectibles.     Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- History.     Blacks -- United States -- Social conditions.     Racism -- United States.     Racism -- United States -- Collectibles.     United States -- Race relations.       MARC Display

Understanding Jim Crow : using racist memorabilia to teach tolerance and promote social justice / David Pilgrim. by Pilgrim, David, 1959- PM Press, 2015. Call #: 323.1196 P638u Subjects Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- History.   Blacks -- United States -- Segregation -- Collectibles.   Blacks -- United States -- Civil rights -- History.   Blacks -- United States -- Social conditions.   Racism -- United States.   Racism -- United States -- Collectibles.   United States -- Race relations. ISBN:  9781629631141 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Jim Crow : using racist memorabilia to teach tolerance and promote social justice Originally published: Description:  xi, 187 pages : color photographs ; 26 cm Notes:  Originally published: Toronto, Ontario : Between The Lines, 2015. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-182) and index Contents:  Foreword 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. Summary:  "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 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, this is both a grisly tour through America's past and an auspicious starting point for racial understanding and healing"--Provided by publisher. Other authors:  Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Home Delivery - HN Adult Black Nonfiction 323.1196 P638u Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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