Through the traveling exhibit, visitors can examine some 151 objects and images from the era of racial injustice and cultivate an understanding of its victims
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The Albuquerque Museum is hosting a new traveling exhibit that explores the legacy of the Jim Crow era and Black resistance to its systems of racial injustice.
The exhibit, titled “Overcoming Hateful Things: Stories from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery,” is currently on display and includes some 151 objects and images from the era of racially motivated systemic oppression.
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According to curators, the exhibit places objects, images and pieces of propaganda within historical context and seeks to cultivate understanding and empathy for victims of racial intolerance.
The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery is located at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.
Guests can visit the exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum through April of next year.
