The Jim Crow Museum, which will have its grand opening on April 26th, says it has the largest collection of artifacts from the seg

aishah · 04-22-2012, 11:52 AM

i don't know if i could ever go to a museum like this. but i'm grateful that it exists, because i think in a lot of folks' haste to pretend we've arrived at a "post-racial" america, this racist history (and often racist present) gets erased and ignored. at least things like this museum are a safeguard against people getting to forget or pretend racism never happened.

firegal · 04-22-2012, 12:46 PM

I,m glad museums like that exist,there are so many untruths out in the world today.

Anything that may improve ignorance is worthy.I do understand not all folks will want to see such and for many reasons.

I saw the Halocaust musuem in wash dc 2 years ago.It was sobering and sad.
It was hard to comprehend why/how it happened.

After i left the museum the rest of the afternoon was definately quiet and introspective.

Some of what we all are today is based on the past...ours and histories.

The good and the bad.

I pray some parts of history are never repeated.

Greco · 04-22-2012, 01:15 PM

The revelation of terror that has been propagated on the African peoples on this land will be there for all to see. And, as firegal stated with the Holocaust Museum in D.C. it will give more then pause for thought.

As the concentration camps stand until this day in Germany, Poland, and remind its citizens of what should never be allowed to happen again, my wish is that this Jim Crow Museum will serve the same purpose.

Greco

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