Jim Crow Museum in the News

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• TV and Radio Interviews
  
  
• Lecture at Colby College
  (Nov. 3, 2008) (1:27:33) MP3, 100 MB



• Lecture at Kendall College of Art and Design
  (Feb. 15, 2006) (52:33 - Real Media)
  

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• CNN  (May 3, 2012)
  Q&A: David Pilgrim, Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia Curator
  
  
• NPR  (April 30, 2012)
  A Museum Teaches Tolerance Through Jim Crow
  
  
• The Huffington Post, United Kingdom  (April 30, 2012)
  Jim Crow Museum Of Racist Memorabilia 'Aims To Teach Tolerance'
  
  
• The Telegraph (United Kingdom)  (April 20, 2012)
  Museum of Shocking Racist Memorabilia Opens in Bid to Teach Tolerance
  
  
• Associated Press  (April 19, 2012)
  Newest Michigan Museum Showcases Racist Artifacts
  
  
• Business Insider  (March 6, 2012)
  OOPS: Disney's First Black Princess Sells Watermelon Candy
  
  
• MLive.com  (Feb. 1, 2012) — Ferris State Constructing $1.3 Million Racist Memorabilia Museum to Teach Tolerance
  
  
• MLive.com  (Jan. 15, 2012)
  Martin Luther King Jr. Still Relevant Today (editorial)
  
  
• The Ithacan (Ithaca College, NY)  (Dec. 7, 2011)
  Diversity Fellow Explores Racist Memorabilia
  
  
• About.com Women's Issues  (Sept. 6, 2011)
  Nothing 'Glee'-ful About Star's Domestic Abuse Photo Shoot
  
  
• Scotland on Sunday (Frost's Scottish Anatomy)  (July 24, 2011)
  Dunoon Rocked by Jim Crow Racism Row
  
  
• New Orleans Net  (May 22, 2011) — Reverse Freedom Rides Sent African-Americans Out of the South, Some for Good
  
  
• Battle Creek Enquirer  (May 4, 2011)
  Students Should See Exhibit
  
  
• Battle Creek Enquirer  (May 3, 2011)
  'Titans' Coach Herman Boone Urges Discussion on Race
  
  
• Battle Creek Enquirer  (May 3, 2011) – A Titan to Remember
  Football Coach Herman Boone Continues to Fight Racism
  
  
• Battle Creek Enquirer  (Apr. 27, 2011)
  Exhibit Offers Honest Look at Intolerance, Racism
  
  
• DomeMagazine.com (Mar. 19, 2011)
  'Everyday Klansfolk' in Michigan
  
  
• Detroit Free Press (Feb. 23, 2011)
  Museum's Racist Objects Meant to Stir Meaningful Exchange
  
  
• The Huffington Post (Feb. 8, 2011)
  A Black History Perspective for 111 Million Americans
  
  
• Daily Kos: State of the Nation (Feb. 5, 2011)
  Racism in a Display Case
  
  
• Mobile Press Register (Jan. 20, 2011)
  Fodder: Mobile Native Runs Michigan Museum for 'Racist Garbage'
  
  
• Teaching Tolerance: A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
  Jim Crow Today (Jan. 13, 2011)
  
  
• Grand Rapids Press (Jan. 13, 2011)
  'Them: Images of Separation' Exhibit at Kendall Depicts Examples of 'Racist Garbage'
  
  
• United Methodist Portal  (Oct. 6, 2010)
  Let's Help End Stereotypes
  
  
• GRIID: Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy
  (Feb. 24, 2010)
  Race, Race Relations, and Racism: Stories from the Jim Crow Museum
  
  
• PopMatters.com  (Dec. 7, 2009)
  Not-So-Tragic-Mulatto's Low Point: Crossing the Color Line in "The Jeffersons"
  
  
• Examiner.com (May 25, 2009)
  The Controversial Golliwog: Cuddly Toy or Racist Ragdoll?
  
  
• Kalamazoo Gazette (March 27, 2009)
  FSU Professor Addresses Racism in a Presentation at KVCC
  
  
• Kalamazoo Gazette (March 18, 2009)
  'Hateful Things': Racist Memorabilia Exhibit Sheds Light on Stereotypes
  
  
• Times Online (United Kingdom) (Feb. 8, 2009)
  Profile: The Golliwog: Rag Doll Causing a Stir in the Playroom
  
  
• The Guardian (Feb. 5, 2009)
  From Bedtime Story to Ugly Insult: How Victorian Caricature Became
  a Racist Slur
  
  
• CNN.com/Europe (Feb. 4, 2009)
  BBC drops Thatcher in Racist Remark Row
  
  
• Journal Star (Peoria, Ill.) (Feb. 3, 2009)
  Hip-hop Takes a Big Place in African-American Culture
  
  
• The Colby Echo (Waterville, Maine) (Nov. 4, 2008)
  Campaign Slander Discussed
  
  
• BlackAmericaWeb.com (June 20, 2008)
  Insidious Depictions of Barack Obama as a Monkey Draw More Attention – and Anger
  
  
• Livingston County Daily Press & Argus (March 23, 2008)
  I Felt Like I Was in Howell
  
  
• Detroit Free Press (Feb. 24, 2008)
  YOU HAVEN'T LIVED HERE UNTIL. . .You've Seen the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State
  
  
• The Etownian (Elizabethtown, Penn.) (Feb. 14, 2008)
  High Library to Host THEM Exhibit
  
  
• Richmond (Vir.) Times-Herald (Feb. 11, 2008)
  VSU Exhibit Has Jim Crow Memorabilia
  
  
• Irish Times (Jan. 23, 2008)
  A Doll That Can't Escape its Past
  
  
• Detroit Free Press (Jan. 23, 2008)
  Noose Pun Was Wrong But Message Was Right
  
  
• Grand Rapids Press (Jan. 20, 2008)
  Comment Bad, Magazine's Cover Worse
  
  
• Lower Hudson (NY) Valley Journal News (Nov. 28, 2007)
  Northern Suburbs Have History of Klan Rallies, Burning Crosses
  
  
• Detroit Metro Times (May 16, 2007)
  Saving Stereotypes - Controversial School Tiles Headed for Museum
  
  
• The Pacer - University of Tennessee-Martin (April 24, 2007)
  Racist Memorabilia Now on Display at University Museum
  
  
• MSNBC/AP (March 9, 2007)
  Slavery: Trying to Atone, But Why Now?
  
  
• Detroit Free Press (Feb. 2007)
  Collection Exposes Stereotypes
  
  
• Daily Herald (Orem, Utah) (Jan. 22, 2007)
  Getting Beyond Hateful Things
  
  
• Deseret Morning News (Orem, Utah) (Jan. 13, 2007)
  UVSC Hosts Racism Exhibit
  
  
• Daily Herald (Orem, Utah) (Jan. 13, 2007)
  Traveling Exhibit Stops at UVSC for Martin Luther King Commemoration
  
  
• Michigan Chronicle (Jan. 10-16, 2007)
  Ferris Exhibition Showcases Unique Museum
  
  
• The Valley Vanguard (Nov. 20, 2006)
  'Hateful Things' visits SVSU
  
  
• Muskegon Chronicle (Nov. 11, 2006)
  JCM in the Spotlight at Annual Dinner
  
  
• Concord (N.H.) Monitor (Sept. 1, 2006)
  Racially-Themed Items No Longer Sold at Fair
  
  
• AC Associated Content (Aug. 30, 2006)
  KKK: The Racist Organization Must Be Eliminated From American Society
  
  
• Chicago Sun-Times  (August, 2006)
  Meeks Disavows the "N-Word"
  
  
• The New York Times  (July 5, 2006)
  A Gift Shop in Harlem Finds Customers for the Memorabilia of Racist America
  
  
• The Journal Times (Racine, Wis.)  (June 29, 2006)
  Hateful Things: Museum Exhibit Conveys a Powerful Message
  
  
• The Journal Times (Racine, Wis.)  (June 19, 2006)
  Collector of `Racist Garbage' Brings Exhibit to Milwaukee Museum
  
  
• Tampa Tribune  (June 14, 2006)
  Movement Seeks To Erase 'N Word' From Lexicon
  
  
• Grand Rapids Press
  Ferris Professor Accepts Gig From Will Smith (May 1, 2006)
  
  
• Denver Post
  The N-word (March 12, 2006)
  
  
• Big Rapids Pioneer
  Tour of Jim Crow Museum a Life-Changing Experience (Feb. 15, 2006)
  
  
• Detroit Free Press
  Desiree Cooper: Jim Crow Haunts a New Generation (Feb. 14, 2006)
  
  
• Livingston Daily Press & Argus
  Maria Stuart: Powerful Images and 'Hateful Things' (Jan. 18, 2006)
  
  
• Detroit Free Press
  Desiree Cooper: Howell Trying to Change Reputation as Racist City
  (Jan. 17, 2006)
  
  
• Detroit News
  Exhibition on Racism Stuns Visitors (Jan. 17, 2006)
  
  
• WLNS.com - Lansing, Mich.
  Reaction to Local Hateful Exhibit (Jan. 17, 2006)
  
  
• Ann Arbor News
  Jim Crow is Alive and Well (Jan. 16, 2006)
  
  
• Livingston Daily Press & Argus
  Exhibition Sheds Light on Racism (Jan. 15, 2006)
  
  
• Ann Arbor News
  Racist Objects Used to Educate in Howell Exhibit (Jan. 14, 2006)
  
  
• Livingston Daily Press & Argus
  'Hateful' Exhibit Should Be Viewed by the Community (Jan. 13, 2006)
  
  
• Livingston Daily Press & Argus
  Mixed Reactions Greet Exhibit (Jan. 13, 2006)
  
  
• The Detroit News
  Howell's 'Hateful Things' Exhibit Tramples Racial Stereotypes (Jan. 11, 2006)
  
  
• Livingston Daily Press & Argus
  'Hateful' Artifact Exhibit Coming - Museum Promotes Racial Tolerance
  (Jan. 10, 2006)
  
  
• The Journal News (Westchester, NY)
  Masks Sold in Ossining Draw Racial Complaints (Nov. 1, 2005)
  
  
• The Sophian: The Student Newspapeer of Smith College
  Curator Speaks on Lessons Learned (Oct. 6, 2005 - Updated May 31, 2011)
  
  
• Los Angeles Times
  Collectors Snapping Up Racially Controversial Mexican Stamps (July 12, 2005)
  
  
• Washington Post.com
  Mexican Stamps Racist, Civil Rights Leaders Say (June 30, 2005)
  
  
• Lansing State Journal
  Ex-Klansman's Conviction Welcome News Locally (June 22, 2005)
  
  
• Grand Rapids Press
  Ugliness of "Everyday Racism" Shown in Jim Crow Collection (June 6, 2005)
  
  
• New Orleans Gambit Weekly
  Target Practices (April 12, 2005)
  
  
• Ann Arbor News
  Some Museums Acquire Items to Accurately Illustrate History (April 10, 2005)
  
  
• The Indianapolis Star
  Artifacts of Racism (Mar. 29, 2005)
  
  
• Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Virginia)
  Offensive, Informative Collection Destined for Slavery Museum (March 26, 2005)
  
  
• The Journal-Register (Medina, NY)
  Jim Crow's Dead but the Legacy Lives On (Mar. 4, 2005)
  
  
• Lansing Noise
  Artifacts of an Ugly past (Feb. 23, 2005)
  
  
• The Journal Times (Racine, Wis.)
  Debatable -- Should Black Americana Pieces be Bought and Sold? (Feb. 18, 2005)
  
  
• Associated Press
  KKK Robes, Books Sell at Michigan Auction (Jan. 30, 2005)
  
  
• Livingston County Press & Argus
  Ole Gray Nash Auction (Jan. 30, 2005)
  
  
• Ann Arbor News
  Klan Robe Sale Moved to Avoid MLK Birthday... (Jan. 14, 2005)
  
  
• spiked-online
  The Semantic Inquisition haven't yet had their fill of Big Ron (Dec. 16, 2004)
  
  
• Flint Journal
  Jim Crow Museum Founder to Speak at Sloan (Oct. 9, 2004)
  
  
• The Herald - Everett, Washington
  Images to Remember (June 15, 2004)
  
  
• Los Angeles Daily News
  Michael Moore Snubbed by his Hometown! (June 9, 2004)
  
  
• Topeka Capital-Journal
  "The Original Jim Crow" (May 16, 2004)
  
  
• Topeka Capital-Journal
  "To Keep History From Repeating..." (May 16, 2004)
  
  
• CBS News.com
  "Jim Crow Museum Promotes Tolerance" (April 23, 2004)
  
  
• Associated Press
  "At Ferris State, Mammy Inspires a Museum" (April 12, 2004)
  
  
• WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, Mich.)/AP
  "Ferris State Museum's Racist Exhibits Promote Racial Understanding"
  (April 4, 2004)
  
  
• South Bend Tribune
  "The Latest Chapter in an Old Story" (Feb. 22, 2004)
  
  
• Aquinas College News Center
  "Artifacts from the Jim Crow Museum to be on Exhibit at Aquinas College" (Jan. 23, 2004)
  
  
• Syracuse.com: The Post-Standard
  "Going Up for Bid: A Shameful Piece of our Past" (Dec. 31, 2003)
  
  
• Boston Globe  PDF
  "New Storybook Reopens Old Wounds" (Dec. 14, 2003)
  
  
• New York Times
  "The Perils of Improving a Racial Self" (Nov. 10, 2003)
  
  
• Houston Press
  "As the Jim Crow Flies" (July 10, 2003)
  
  
• Colorlines Magazine
  "Highly Offensive: Karen Juanita Carrillo Examines the Ongoing Currency of Racist Curios" (Summer 2003)
  
  
• St. Petersburg Times Online Floridian
  "Bidding on Racism" (March 18, 2003)
  
  
• Chicago Tribune
  "Use of Racial Epithet to Prompt Warning From eBay" (March 15, 2003)
  
  
• Tolerance.org: Tolerance in the News
  "eBay: Auctioning Hate or History?" (March 7, 2003)
  
  
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  "Objects of Past Racism are Utensils to Educate" (March 7, 2003)
  
  
• Amsterdam News
  "Jim Crow Museum Reflects Past/Present Racism, Via the Web and On Site in Michigan" (Feb. 26, 2003)
  
  
• Associated Press
  Wired News: "Racist Collectibles on EBay?" (Feb. 23, 2003)
  
  
• Indiana South Bend University Newsletter
  Inaugural Midwest Black Man’s Think Tank at IU South Bend (Jan. 31, 2003)
  
  
• New Orleans Gambit
  "Ties That Bind" (Jan. 14, 2003)
  
  
• Black Issues In Higher Education
  "Keeping Jim Crow Alive" (June 6, 2002)
  
  
• Michigan Citizen
  "Collecting Our Story" (April 20, 2002)
  
  
• Houston Chronicle
  "He's a Pilgrim in Jim Crow Collectibles (Feb. 17, 2002)
  
  
• Grand Rapids Press
  "Images of Intolerance Open Students' Eyes (Jan. 3, 2002)
  
  
• Miami Times
  "Evicting Jim Crow From Fraternity Row" (Nov. 27, 2001)
  
  
• Detroit Free Press
  "Relics of Racism: Big Rapids Museum Lets its Memorabilia Tell the Ugly Story of Jim Crow in America" (Feb. 5, 2001)
  
  
• Tolerance.org: Tolerance in the News
  "Mammy on Display" (Jan. 11, 2001)
  
  
• Journal of Blacks in Higher Education  (Oct. 31, 1999)
  "Coon Cards: Racist Postcards Have Become Collectors' Items"
  

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