Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 290 m. Brady Hills stands 313 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodbridge N. Ferris Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, displays a wide variety of artifacts depicting the history of racist portrayals of African Americans in American popular culture. The mission of the Jim Crow Museum is to use objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote social justice. As of 2024, the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia had a collection of over 30,000 objects, primarily created between the 1870s and the 1960s. It also includes contemporary objects. The museum is named after Jim Crow, a song-and-dance caricature of black people that by 1838 had become a pejorative expression meaning "Negro". When at the end of the 19th century American legislatures passed laws of racial segregation directed against blacks, these statutes became known as the Jim Crow laws. The museum demonstrates how racist ideas and anti-black images were pervasive within American culture. It also displays artifacts related to contemporary forms of racism, stories about African American achievements, and the Civil Rights Movement.
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Dates from 1996.
Wikidata Q6194458, matched on coordinates and name (58 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Space: 0.1 mi
- Library Park: 0.4 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.6 mi
- Community Pool: 0.9 mi
- Mitchell Creek Park: 0.9 mi
- Woodbridge N. Ferris Statue: 0.0 mi
- Ferris State University Seal: 0.1 mi
- Totem Stack: 0.1 mi
- Muse: 0.1 mi
- World Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Santer Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Clay Cliffs Nature Area: 1.0 mi
- McDuffee Creek Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Upriver Nature Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Newaygo Prarie Sanctuary: 20.2 mi
- Little River School House: 12.5 mi
- Old Rugged Cross Museum: 13.8 mi
- Idlewild Historic and Cultural Center: 20.0 mi
- Shrine of the Pines: 21.8 mi
- LeRoy Museum: 24.3 mi
- Hazel Iva Weatherby Memorial Tree: 18.4 mi
- Marlborough Cement Factory: 21.5 mi
- Newaygo Portland Cement Company: 24.2 mi
- Skidder Hill: 18.5 mi
- Brady Hills: 20.0 mi
- Maple Hill: 22.1 mi
- Big Rapids Rest Area 534: 3.2 mi
- Morley Rest Area 533: 15.7 mi
- Helen's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Clay Cliff: 1.0 mi
- Loda Lake National Wildflower Sanctuary: 17.6 mi
- Nichols Lake North: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Hills | SSE 159° | 313 m | 20.0 mi |
| Skidder Hill | W 265° | 301 m | 18.5 mi |
| Maple Hill | S 180° | 273 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:16 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:44 | 21:28 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:13 | 16:21 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Rapids WTP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/7102686654
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