The Garbage Man: Why I Collect Racist Objects
Subject
Collector; Museum; Artifacts
Description
“I am a garbage collector, racist garbage. For three decades, I have collected items that defame and belittle Africans and their American descendants. I have a parlor game, “72 Pictured Party Stunts,” from the 1930s.”
Creator
David Pilgrim, Curator, Jim Crow Museum
Source
https://www.ferris.edu/HTMLS/news/jimcrow/collect.htm
Publisher
ferris.edu
File
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