Letters to the Jim Crow Museum

The staff of the Jim Crow Museum receives dozens of letters and emails. Some of these communiques offer insight into race relations -- historically and in the present. While some are hateful, we have decided to share some of these letters and emails with our Internet visitors.

2021

• Moving experience October 16, 2021

2020

• Live Human "Alligator Bait" - Fact or Fiction April 14, 2020

2018

• Thank you for the (painfully) timely item in today's Chronicle April 5, 2018

2017

• How Many Rapes & Murders are Your Fault? April 23, 2017

2016

• New York Times article inspires memories December 15, 2016
• Review of "Understanding Jim Crow" January 25, 2016

2015

• "Honorary Negro" November 13, 2015
• Lawn Jockey and George Washington horse October 24, 2015
• Social Studies/U.S. History thanks September 21, 2015
• Nursery Rhymes History June 1, 2015
• Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Jim Crow February 16, 2015

2014

• Welcome to Night Vale  July 10, 2014
• Texas Memories  May 5, 2014
• Spreading your Message + question  January 2, 2014

2013

• Courageous Work  September 3, 2013
• Far too narrow to inspire  August 12, 2013
• Physician, heal thyself  April 8, 2013
• Human Rights Focus  Jan. 22, 2013

2012

• Zwarte Piet  Nov. 29, 2012
• Heartwarming Discovery  Oct. 28, 2012
• Web Resource  Aug. 2, 2012
• Sapphire Essay  July 7, 2012
• Thank You for Sharing Your Knowledge  Feb. 4, 2012

2011

• Thank You from University of Western Ontario  Nov. 23, 2011
• Pickaninny Stereotype Breaks My Heart  May 18, 2011
• Playing the Blues  May 6, 2011
• The Traveling Jim Crow Exhibit  May 3, 2011
• The History of Racism Series on BBC  May 2, 2011
• Your Talk in Montreal  Feb. 21, 2011

2010

• Italian Version of Mammy  Dec. 19, 2010
• WWII Flag  Dec. 17, 2010
• Racism and Japanese Children's Cartoons  Dec. 1, 2010
• An Infamous Sign  Nov. 12, 2010
• Your Lecture at UTEP  Nov. 2, 2010
• Viola Liuzzo Civil Rights Martyr  Oct. 14, 2010
• Rock Against Racism  July 21, 2010
• A Great Resource for Tutors  June 23, 2010
• Modern Minstrel Show  May 6, 2010

2009

• The Donkey Character in Shrek  September 13, 2009
• Your Work is Extremely Valuable  April 2, 2009
• Sundown Towns  March 30, 2009
• Golliwogs and the British 8th Army  February 5, 2009
• About Golliwog  February 3, 2009

2008

• "Obama Bucks"  October 23, 2008
• Blacks and Watermelons Stereotype  October 22, 2008
• Racial Divides in South Africa  August 6, 2008
• Recalling Those Times in a Small South Texas Town  July 21, 2008
• Sapphire Stereotype  July 1, 2008
• Thank You So Much For Your Essays  June 13, 2008
• How the Robertsons Gollies Were Earned  April 28, 2008
• Regarding Robertson's Golliwogg  April 14, 2008
• Nigga in the Woodpile  April 8, 2008
• Slave Collar  March 21, 2008
• The Wog Debate and the U.S. Navy  Jan. 3, 2008

2007

• Excellent Presentation  Dec. 5, 2007
• Viewpoint on "Hateful Things" Exhibit  Nov. 6, 2007
• Racist Images In Danish Culture  Oct. 25, 2007
• The Images are "Beautiful"  Sept. 14, 2007
• Where is the Line to be Drawn?  Sept. 6, 2007
• A Chain Restaurant in Ecuador  Sept. 3, 2007
• Your Work is Splendid  Sept. 3, 2007
• Looking For Gollywog Church Collection Boxes....  August 10, 2007
• Schomburg Curator's Talk in New York City  August 8, 2007
• Thanks For Being Who You Are  August 7, 2007
• Uncle Remus  July 4, 2007
• Saving Stereotypes  June 1, 2007
• Anti-Racism High School Curricula  Apr. 30, 2007
• Comment From Canada.....and a Partial Retraction  Mar. 30, 2007
• Thank You!! - From a Tufts Student Mar. 26, 2007
• Questions Regarding the Coon Caricature  Mar. 7, 2007
• Good Day  Feb. 28, 2007
• Wow....  Feb. 8, 2007
• Hello and Thank You From Darwin, Australia  Feb. 7, 2007
• I Read Your Summary on Little Black Sambo  Feb. 4, 2007
• I Have a Passion to Keep Learning About Racism  Feb. 4, 2007
• Your Article on Gollywogs  Jan. 13, 2007

2006 Letters

• "Anti-Black Images" in Japanese Animation  Dec. 3, 2006
• Thanks For Your Museum  Nov. 25, 2006
• Impressed by Your Museum  Nov. 13, 2006
• You Are the Racist  Nov. 11, 2006
• Racism is Alive and Well in Europe  Sept. 19, 2006
• I Still Love My Golly  Sept. 1, 2006
• Black Hooker  August 13, 2006
• What Tunes Are Derived From Minstrel Tradition?  July 6, 2006
• You Are a Racist  June 19, 2006
• Us Versus Them  April 10, 2006
• Imitation of Life  Feb. 28, 2006
• Chef of South Park: New Racist Form  Feb. 26, 2006
• Loving Golly  Feb. 19, 2006
• Golliwogs and Other Things  Feb. 17, 2006
• Modern Racist Cartoons  Jan. 16, 2006
• N-Word  Jan. 14, 2006

2005 Letters

• Boondocks  Dec. 29, 2005
• The Work Ahead  Dec. 6, 2005
• Sticks and Stones  Nov. 24, 2005
• You Are Racist  Nov. 21, 2005
• Reflections  Oct. 22, 2005
• Back of the Bus  Oct. 13, 2005
• Whispering Black  Oct. 8, 2005
• Smith College Lecture  Oct. 2, 2005
• Klan Picture  Sept. 21, 2005
• Blacks and Golliwogs  Sept. 10, 2005
• A Collector's Musings  August 16, 2005
• Subverting "Civilized" Values  July 9, 2005
• "Protest Chibikuro Sambo" Support  July 4, 2005
• Reverse Racism  June 26, 2005
• Little Black Sambo  April 11, 2005
• Internalized Racism  April 3, 2005
• Slandering the Babies  March 22, 2005
• Bamboozled  March 14, 2005
• Bubble Sisters  March 11, 2005
• Concessions  Feb. 28, 2005
• New Caricature  Feb. 22, 2005
• Meaningful Dialogue  Feb. 19, 2005
• The Color Line  Feb. 17, 2005
• The Story of Ancient Nations  Feb. 10, 2005
• Jim Crow in Punch and Judy  Feb. 7, 2005
• Black Face in the Mirror  Feb. 5, 2005
• Ugly Picture  Feb. 4, 2005
• Reflections on Caricatures  Jan. 18, 2005
• The Topsy Costume  Jan. 10, 2005