• The importance of Juneteenth: Dr. David Pilgrim of The Jim Crow Museum (June 19, 2024)

  • Jun 19 2024
  • Length: 12 mins
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  • SEASON 6, BONUS EPISODE

    Recorded June 6, 2024

    On this special Podcast, we close out our special Juneteeth show with Dr. David Pilgrim of Ferris State University. He is one of this country's leading experts on issues relating to multiculturalism, diversity, and race relations, and is the founder and curator of the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery. The museum uses objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote social justice and has over 20,000 artifacts. It's a difficult topic, but one that is very important to study and learn from. Dr. Pilgrim has personally collected most of the collection and has developed a traveling exhibit so more people can experience it.

    On this Podcast he talks about the origins of the museum in the early '90s when he donated his collection to the University, and then moving into a larger space in 2012. Today he is also working on a permanent spot to house the collection on Ferris' campus.

    As for Juneteenth, he said the day represents a "celebration." He said a great historian once said, immediately after Emancipation, Juneteenth is an opportunity to "to celebrate, educate and agitate, and I think that's what it has always meant to me.... It's an opportunity to celebrate freedom. To educate people about the past... To get people's rights, like the right to vote."

    Learn more about the Museum at https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/index.htm.

    LISTEN TO FULL JUNETEENTH SHOW.

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