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Link to Answer Question responder Oct./Nov. 2017 Watermelons, Nooses, and Straight Razors by David Pilgrim September 2017 William Mahone by Franklin Hughes August 2017 Niggerhead Oysters by David Pilgrim June/July 2017 Alligator Bait Revisited by Franklin Hughes Apr. 2017 Sprinklin' Sambo by Lisa Kemmis Mar. 2017 William Gibson by Franklin Hughes and David Pilgrim Feb. 2017 Percy Fitzgerald by Franklin Hughes and David Pilgrim Jan. 2017 Russell Dixon by Franklin Hughes and David Pilgrim
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Link to Answer Question responder Nov. 2016 Belford Lawson by Franklin Hughes and David Pilgrim Oct. 2016 Percival Prattis by Franklin Hughes and David Pilgrim Sep. 2016 Gideon Smith by Franklin Hughes and David Pilgrim Aug. 2016 Bass Reeves by Matt Helm, blackpast.org May 2016 The Marin Hurt and Beulah Show by Franklin Hughes Apr. 2016 Woodland Park, Michigan by Ronald Stephens, Blackpast.org Mar. 2016 Racism in Radio Advertising by Franklin Hughes Feb. 2016 Destination Freedom by Franklin Hughes Jan. 2016 Lily Skin by David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2015 Hambone's Meditations by Franklin Hughes Nov. 2015 Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars by Stanford L. Davis, buffalosoldiers.net Oct. 2015 Lieutenant Henry Flipper by Dr. Maceo Dailey UTEP, Blackpast.org Aug. 2015 Regina Music Box Disk by Michael Maxson July 2015 Black Mascots and Logos by Franklin Hughes June 2015 Segregation Signs Copyrights by Michael Maxson May 2015 Little Brown Koko by Lynda Beck Fenwick Apr. 2015 White Feminism by Racism Review Feb. 2015 American Krusaders by David Pilgrim Jan. 2015 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Franklin Hughes -
Link to Answer Question responder Nov. 2014 Idlewild, Michigan by Blackpast.org Sep. 2014 Pittsburgh Courier by PBS the Blackpresss Aug. 2014 George Edwin Taylor by Blackpast.org June 2014 Don Barksdale by Dr. David Pilgrim May 2014 Battle Royal by Franklin Hughes Apr. 2014 Booker T. Washington Stamp by Herbert A. Trenchard, National Postal Museum Mar. 2014 Stage Coach Mary by Blackcowboys.com Feb. 2014 Brown Paper Bag Test by Dr. David Pilgrim Jan. 2014 Diahann Carroll's Julia by Dr. David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Nov. 2013 Reddit Blackface Conversation by Reddit user: open_sketchbook Oct. 2013 The Negro Motorist Green Book by David Pilgrim Sep. 2013 Dunkin Donuts and Blackface by David Pilgrim Aug. 2013 Color Blind by David Pilgrim July 2013 Authentic Literacy Tests? by Franklin Hughes May 2013 Alligator Bait by Franklin Hughes Apr. 2013 Human Leather by David Pilgrim Mar. 2013 Henrietta Lacks by National Names Database Feb. 2013 Nat "King" Cole by Ron Rodman Jan. 2013 Mammy Two Shoes by David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2012 Needed Objects by David Pilgrim Nov. 2012 'Favorite' Object? by David Pilgrim Oct. 2012 The African Dodger by Franklin Hughes Sep. 2012 The Man Who Killed Jim Crow Charles H. Houston Institute for Race & Justice Aug. 2012 "The Birth of a Nation" and Black Protest Center for History and New Media Apr. 2012 Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler National Library of Medicine Mar. 2012 "Lady Ball Player" Toni Stone SABR Project Feb. 2012 The Louisiana Literacy Test by David Pilgrim Jan. 2012 Bessie Coleman: World's Greatest Aviator Women in History -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2011 Automobile Pioneer Charles Richard Patterson Edwardian Promenade Nov. 2011 The New and Expanded Jim Crow Museum by David Pilgrim Oct. 2011 The Scottsboro Boys Case Douglas O. Linder Sep. 2011 The AIDS Conspiracy Myth Carol A. Heintzelman Aug. 2011 Cloud of Witnesses Mural Unitarian Universalist July 2011 Mission of the Jim Crow Museum by David Pilgrim Jun. 2011 Kid Rock and the NAACP by David Pilgrim May 2011 John Howard Griffin's "Black Like Me" by David Pilgrim Apr. 2011 Otis Vaughn's Donation to the JCM by David Pilgrim Mar. 2011 Clyde Kennard, Civil Rights Activist Mississippi HistoryNow Feb. 2011 Removing the N-Word from Huck Finn by H. Lewis Smith Jan. 2011 "Black Americana" Merchandise by David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2010 The Jim Crow Rock by Ted Halm Nov. 2010 First African American Catholic Priest Catholicism.org Oct. 2010 Senator Harry Reid's Use of the Word Negro by Slate Sep. 2010 America's First Black Diplomat by BlackPast.org Aug. 2010 Goodbye Uncle Tom by David Pilgrim July 2010 African Americans and the Olympics by David Pilgrim Jun. 2010 First College to Admit Blacks by David Pilgrim May 2010 Laws that Banned Mixed Marriages by OAH Apr. 2010 Howard Thurman and Dr. King by David Pilgrim Mar. 2010 Racial Stereotypes and Academics Ohio State University Feb. 2010 Understanding Memin Pinguin by Troy Peters Jan. 2010 Henry Jay Lewis, Symphony Pioneer by David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2009 Stereotypes and Scary Movies by Mark Harris Nov. 2009 "White Man's Burden" by David Pilgrim Oct. 2009 Hockey Pioneer Willie O'Ree by David Pilgrim Sep. 2009 Racism and Pokemon by David Pilgrim Aug. 2009 Life and Work of Madam Walker by David Pilgrim July 2009 Superman Busts the KKK by David Pilgrim Jun. 2009 The Role of Anger in Activism by David Pilgrim May 2009 Scholar and Activist W.E.B. Du Bois by David Pilgrim Apr. 2009 Women and the Civil Rights Movement by David Pilgrim Mar. 2009 Can Blacks Be Racist? by David Pilgrim Feb. 2009 A.D. Powell and the Multiracial Question by David Pilgrim Jan. 2009 Understanding Epaminondas and His Auntie by David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2008 Blacks and Classical Dance Society of American Archivists Nov. 2008 Was Harding America's First Black President? by Phillip Payne Oct. 2008 Racial 'Civility' and the Presidential Campaign by David Pilgrim Sep. 2008 The Artwork of Kara Walker Columbia Magazine Aug. 2008 The Sapphire Caricature by David Pilgrim July 2008 Lawn Jockeys by David Pilgrim Jun. 2008 Talking Openly and Honestly About Race by David Pilgrim May 2008 Blacks and Watermelons by David Pilgrim Apr. 2008 John Ridley's "Manifesto" by David Pilgrim Mar. 2008 Jezebel Stereotype by David Pilgrim Feb. 2008 "Strange Fruit" by David Pilgrim Jan. 2008 Little Black Sambo and the JCM by David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2007 Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia by David Pilgrim Nov. 2007 TV's First Interracial Kiss by David Pilgrim Oct. 2007 Marlon Riggs Marlon Riggs Estate Sep. 2007 Objects of Intolerance Can Teach Tolerance by David Pilgrim Aug. 2007 Sleeping With The "Enemy"? by David Pilgrim July 2007 The Nat Caricature by David Pilgrim Jun. 2007 Whites and the Civil Rights Movement by David Pilgrim May 2007 Banning "To Kill A Mockingbird"? by David Pilgrim Apr. 2007 Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Univ. of Pennsylvania Mar. 2007 "Ghetto Parties" by David Pilgrim Feb. 2007 African Dip Carnival Game by David Pilgrim Jan. 2007 Why Focus on the Negative? by David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2006 Johnny Rebel by Nick Pittman Nov. 2006 Were Underground Comics Racist? by Leonard Rifas Oct. 2006 Human Zoos from Wikipedia Sep. 2006 Jim Crow Etiquette by Ronald L.F. Davis Aug. 2006 First African American in Professional Baseball by Todd Bolton July 2006 The Southern Manifesto by David Pilgrim Jun. 2006 First African American with a Ph.D. in Math by Scott Williams May 2006 Explaining the Term "Red Nigger" by David Pilgrim Apr. 2006 Nicodemus, Kansas by Kathy Weiser Mar. 2006 Elvis Presley and Racism by David Pilgrim Feb. 2006 Interracial Marriages by David Pilgrim Jan. 2006 The Black George Bush HistoryLink.org -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2005 The Jackie Robinson of the NBA by David Pilgrim Nov. 2005 Drapetomania by David Pilgrim Oct. 2005 Amos 'N' Andy: Past as Prologue? by Mark Freeman Sep. 2005 Give Bayard Rustin the Respect He Deserves by Buzz Haughton Aug. 2005 Cassius Clay's Lost Olympic Medal by Mark Desrosiers July 2005 Cudjo Lewis: Last African Slave in the U.S.? by David Pilgrim Jun. 2005 Are There Similar Museums in the U.S.? by David Pilgrim May 2005 What Were Coon Songs? Parlor Songs Assoc. Apr. 2005 What is Junteenth? by Wayne Hicks Mar. 2005 KKK Robe Obtained at Howell Auction by Kevin Miller Feb. 2005 Jack Johnson and the Wrench by David Pilgrim Jan. 2005 Who is Black Peter? by Lulu Helder -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2004 Was the Cream of Wheat Chef a Real Person? Jackson Citizen Patriot Nov. 2004 Why Focus On Negative Images? by David Pilgrim Oct. 2004 Timeline of African American History by David Pilgrim Sep. 2004 What Are Codes Four? by David Pilgrim Aug. 2004 Termination of 1965 Voting Rights Act by Jonah Goldman July 2004 Racist Library Jim Crow Museum Jun. 2004 The Truth About the Death of Charles Drew by David Pilgrim May 2004 "Is Willie Lynch's Letter Real?" by William Jelani Cobb Apr. 2004 "My Mother Collects Ashtrays..." by David Pilgrim Mar. 2004 "Is Ghettopoly Racist?" by Tony Baker Feb. 2004 "Bing's Little Black Sambo" by E.J. McPherson Jan. 2004 "Blacks, Picnics and Lynchings" by David Pilgrim -
Link to Answer Question responder Dec. 2003 "Leo Meiersdorff's Portrayal of Blacks" by John P. Thorp
