Objectives of the Jim Crow Museum

Contact Dr. David Pilgrim, Curator
pilgrimd@ferris.edu

Collect, exhibit and preserve objects and collections related to racial segregation, civil rights and anti-Black caricatures.

Promote the scholarly examination of historical and contemporary expressions of racism.

Serve as a teaching resource for Ferris State University courses which deal, directly or indirectly, with the issues of race and ethnicity.

Serve as an educational resource for scholars and teachers at the state, national and international levels.

Promote racial understanding and healing.

Serve as a resource for civil rights and human rights organizations.