Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors: Stories from the Jim Crow Museum

by Debby Irving and David Pilgrim

Book Overview

All groups tell stories, but some groups have the power to impose their stories on others, to label others, stigmatize others, paint others as undesirables--and to have these stories presented as scientific fact, God's will, or wholesome entertainment. Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors examines the origins and significance of several longstanding antiblack stories and the caricatures and stereotypes that support them. Here readers will find...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629634379
• ISBN13: 9781629634371
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: PM Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.9"