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Overcoming Hateful Things - WCCCD Exhibit

"Overcoming Hateful Things,” the traveling exhibit from Ferris State University’s Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery, will open at Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) in Detroit starting Monday, Feb. 12.

The exhibit, on display at WCCCD’s Curtis L. Ivery Downtown Campus, 1001 West Fort Street, includes artifacts that serve as reminders of America’s past and as an educational tool noting generations of pushback by African Americans through activism and achievement.

Exhibition hours open:

Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
WCCCD phone: 313-496-2600

Ferris State Press release

Stay tuned for programming information.

Some Exhibit components 

Overcoming Hateful Things entry wall

Overcoming Hateful Things entry wall

Violence and Terror

Violence and Terror

Jim Crow Laws

Fighting Jim Crow Laws

Jim Crow Caricatures

Jim Crow Caricatures

Jim Crow in the home

Jim Crow in the home

We are Not Jim Crow - Pushback

We are Not Jim Crow - Pushback