Jim Crow Museum

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class="h2Underline">Expanding the Museum</span></h2> <p>For nearly two decades the Jim Crow Museum has used contemporary racist and primarily anti-Black artifacts to tell the story of African American resiliency. It is a teaching model which has been wildly successful, and now is the time to expand that story. As we embark on the construction of a new museum, archive, and research facility, we need champions who will help us keep our work moving forward.</p> <p>Together, a better world is possible.</p> <p><a class="cta-button" href="https://igfn.us/form/TPBxgg">Give Now</a></p> <p><a class="readmore" href="/expansion/homepage.htm">Explore Expansion Plans</a></p> </div> <div class="ferrisFlexObject-Two-simple"> <p><img src="/expansion/images/JCMExteriorDuskV02.jpg" alt="Rendering of the Jim Crow Museum's future facility on the campus of Ferris State University" width="1152" height="649"></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div hidden data-id="c9c72572-1cd7-4b59-8fb0-267da80dd715"></div> </div> <div class="ferrisFlex-Two-simple"> <div class="ferrisFlexObject-Two-simple ferrisFlexSmallColumn"> <h2>Telling a Larger Story</h2> <h3>Museum Expansion Project</h3> <p>Help the Jim Crow Museum tell a larger story. Support the museum's expansion into a state of the art facility that will foster critical encounters with artifacts of intolerance and their dreadful impact.</p> <p><a class="cta-button" href="/expansion/homepage.htm">Support the Expansion</a></p> </div> <div class="ferrisFlexObject-Two-simple ferrisFlexBigColumn"><img src="/images/JCMExteriorDuskV02.jpg" alt="Rendering of new facility" width="1000" height="563"> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="ferrisFlex-Two-simple"> <div class="ferrisFlexObject-Two-simple ferrisFlexSmallColumn"> <h2>Teaching Tolerance With Objects of Intolerance</h2> <p>The Jim Crow Museum is the nation's largest publicly accessible collection of artifacts of intolerance. The Museum contextualizes the dreadful impact of Jim Crow laws and customs. The  Museum uses objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote a more just society.</p> <p>The museum is located on the campus of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI. Admission is free for all visitors.</p> <p><a class="cta-button" href="/location.htm">Plan Your VisIt</a></p> </div> <div class="ferrisFlexObject-Two-simple ferrisFlexBigColumn"> <p><img src="/images/jcm-home-20220114-03-01.jpg" alt="Jim Crow Museum artifacts and a museum visitor encoutering an exhibit" width="1200" height="725"></p> </div> </div> <div class="ferrisFlex-Two-simple"> <div class="ferrisFlexObject-Two-simple ferrisFlexBigColumn"> <p><a title="Virtual tour opens in a new window" href="https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=X9ou6MvycZU&help=1" target="_blank"><img title="Click to open virtual tour in a new window" src="/images/video-jcm-virtual-tour-20220207-01.jpg" alt="Virtual Tour of the Jim Crow Museum" width="1530" height="717"></a></p> </div> <div class="ferrisFlexObject-Two-simple ferrisFlexSmallColumn"> <h2>Explore the Museum Virtually</h2> <p>Experience the power of a visit to the Jim Crow Museum virtually. The museum's virtual tour gives you the opportunity to discover many of the highlights from our collection. </p> <p><a class="cta-button" title="Virtual tour opens in a new window" href="https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=X9ou6MvycZU&help=1" target="_blank">Start Your Exploration</a></p> </div> </div> <h2 class="alt-h2">Critical Encounters: Featured Exhibits</h2> <p><img src="/_resources20/images/Icons/fwd-together-border-01.png" alt="decorative border" width="1920" height="47"></p> <div class="verticalFeature"> <a class="verticalFeatureItem" target="" style="background: url('/images/what/whatjimcrow.jpg'); background-position: top center; background-size: cover;" href="/what.htm"> <div class="verticalFeatureItemInner noVideo"> <div class="verticalFeatureItemInnerTextWrap"> <h2>What was Jim Crow?</h2> <p>Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid-1960s. Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-black laws. It was a way of life.</p> <p class="readmore">Explore What was Jim Crow?</p> </div> </div> </a> <a class="verticalFeatureItem" target="" style="background: url('/brute/images/beastsleeps.JPG'); background-position: top center; background-size: cover;" href="/brute/homepage.htm"> <div class="verticalFeatureItemInner noVideo"> <div class="verticalFeatureItemInnerTextWrap"> <h2>The Brute Caricature</h2> <p>The brute caricature portrays black men as innately savage, animalistic, destructive, and criminal -- deserving punishment, maybe death. Black brutes are depicted as hideous, terrifying predators who target helpless victims, especially white women.</p> <p class="readmore">Explore The Brute Caricature</p> </div> </div> </a> <a class="verticalFeatureItem" target="" style="background: url('/images/segregation/oldjimgrowgo.jpg'); background-position: top center; background-size: cover;" href="/segregation.htm"> <div class="verticalFeatureItemInner noVideo"> <div class="verticalFeatureItemInnerTextWrap"> <h2>ATTACKING SEGREGATION</h2> <p>During the Jim Crow period, African Americans were confronted by institutional discrimination and acts of individual discrimination, and generally treated as second-class citizens. Nevertheless, black people made significant contributions that enriched the United States.</p> <p class="readmore">Explore ATTACKING SEGREGATION</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> <h2 class="alt-h2">Jim Crow Museum in the News</h2> <div class="interiorNewsFeatureWrap"> <a class="interiorNewsFeatureItem" style="background: url('/images/JCMLawnjockeys2.JPG'); background-position: top center; background-size: cover;" target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-secret-life-of-lawn-ornaments/id1376577202?i=1000662492144"> <div class="interiorNewsFeatureItemInner noVideo"> <div class="interiorNewsFeatureItemInnerTextWrap"> <p class="interiorNewsDate">06/17/2024</p> <h2>The Secret Life of Lawn Ornaments - Podcast</h2> </div> </div> </a><a class="interiorNewsFeatureItem" style="background: url('/davidsonexhibit/images/DavidsonBLMcollage.jpg'); background-position: top center; background-size: cover;" target="_blank" href="/davidsonexhibit/index.htm"> <div class="interiorNewsFeatureItemInner noVideo"> <div class="interiorNewsFeatureItemInnerTextWrap"> <p class="interiorNewsDate">09/14/2023</p> <h2>"Time of Change" traveling exhibit is available for rental. 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