Writer and librarian Vaunda Micheaux Nelson has made something of a specialty of bringing hitherto under-recognized African American heroes into prominence. In Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality, Nelson and illustrator Alex Bostic celebrate three very young heroes first graders in the fight to desegregate a New Orleans public school in 1960.
The phrase "Night at the Museum" might evoke a roaring Tyrannosaurus Rex and Teddy Roosevelt on horseback. But what visitors will see at the U.S. Marshals Museum s first "Night at the Museum" event will be more about access, architecture and the American West, not animation or animatronics, says Leslie Higgins, the museum s chief programs officer.
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