Hate and Its Impact: Nazi Ideology and Racism in the Jim Crow South

On March 12, the Museum presented the second program in the "Hate and Its Impact" series: "Nazi Ideology and Racism in the Jim Crow South” at the Museum.

"Nazi Ideology and Racism in the Jim Crow South” is the second program in the Museum’s two-part Hate and Its Impact series. It examined what Nazi leaders learned from racist thought and practices in the Jim Crow South. Panelists discussed how racism and antisemitism were linked in this era and what the implications are today.

A discussion included Dr. Steven Luckert, senior program curator, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Dr. Beverly Eileen Mitchell, professor of historical theology, Wesley Theological Seminary, and Dr. James Whitman, Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law, Yale Law School. The event was moderated by David Gregory, analyst, CNN.

The first program in the Hate and Its Impact series was “Sowing the Seeds of Global Antisemitism" on February 21, 2019.