Review for the Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow Exhibit
Public History exhibits provide an opportunity to inform a general public on specific parts of history by walking through it themselves. They allow an unparalleled way for a visitor to engross and learn about a subject that they might not have ever learned about deeply otherwise. “Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow” is one of these types of exhibits, organized by the New-York Historical Society that took place between September of 2018 and March of 2019. The exhibition details the struggle for black citizenship that occurred in the United States in the post-Civil War era, detailing much of the struggle that African-Americans would go through under the Jim Crow laws. Originally a public display, it would later become one available to be seen online years after the original display had been taken down. Viewing the exhibit helps to tell about what type of audience that this exhibit is for, and how effective it is at delivering the information that it presen...