Whiteness in America:  Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Views Lecture 28 - Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Video to be shown in class: "Blood in the Face", selections, . by Ann Bohlen, Kevin Rafferty, and James
Ridgeway, 1990. 75 minutes, color.

• Click for a brief synopsis of the film

Small group presentations: Groups 3 and 4.

To be announced.

1.  Calvin, Ira. The Lost White Race. Countway-White Publications .Massachusetts: Boston,
1944.
2.  Schaeffenberg, A. V. "The Life of William Dudley Pelley " orginally appeared in The New
Order a publication of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Auslands-und
Aufbauorganisation (NSDAP/AO). Also available on the World Wide Web at
www.stormfront.org/pelley.htm

Hello.

My name is David Pilgrim and I am the founder and curator of the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University. This anti-racism museum is both a real place and an Internet museum ( http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow ). Our goal is to use objects of intolerance to teach tolerance. It works. We have created a place where people, from all races, talk openly and honestly about race, race relations, and racism. I invite you to visit the online museum. Also, I am sending the URL of a recent article that I wrote, "The Garbage Man: Why I Collect Racist Objects." The URL is ( http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/collect/  ) .

Thanks for the work that you do.

David Pilgrim
Curator
Jim Crow Museum
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan 49307

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