BIG RAPIDS, Mich (WNEM) – The first step in the construction of the new home for the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University (FSU) began on Thursday, Dec. 12. The museum is a resource used ...

The museum contextualizes the dreadful impact of Jim Crow laws and customs and uses objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote a more just society. The museum is located at Ferris State ...

As documented by Dr. David Pilgrim, curator of the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University in Michigan, it was exactly 137 years ago on March 17, 1888 that the ...