Loretha Wallace

Nashida Loretha Wallace

After watching the movie Selma, seven year old, Nashida was shocked about race relations in America. Her parents vowed to teach Nashida about her culture every Saturday to help her understand America's unruly past. Nashida shares history lessons and her museum experience with readers. Within the museum walls Nashida is introduced to Richard Wright, Medgar Evers, James Meredith, Fannie Lou Hamer, Unita Blackwell, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Jim Crow, the concept of separate but equal, and much more.