Overcoming Hateful Things: Stories from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery
Overcoming Hateful Things is open daily to the public from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. May 31 through October 19 at the Pink Palace Museum & Mansion
The Overcoming Hateful Things exhibit, explores the Jim Crow system, the African American experience through the Jim Crow era, and the legacies of this system in modern society. Overcoming Hateful Things will cultivate understanding and empathy for victims of racial intolerance throughout history to the modern day and allow visitors to bear witness to the need to guard against the dehumanizing characterizations of others so they do not become further culturally entrenched.
From Aunt Jemima advertisements to children’s games, American popular culture was — and in many cases, still is — replete with racist images. The exhibition contains over 150 items from the late 19th century to the present. In addition to items from popular and commercial culture, the exhibit contains images of violence against African Americans and the Civil Rights activists struggling for racial equality.
General Admission: $21
Members: Free
EXHIBIT OPENS MAY 31
*Guests are encouraged to review this visitor’s guide before visiting the exhibit with children under age 12
