Nashida: Visits the Smith Robertson Museum (Hardback Book – is live 06/05/2016). This is the first volume in the Moses Meredith Cultural Arts Book Series by Meredith Coleman McGee. This children’s book series is designed to expose school age children to cultural, artistic, and historical literature.
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, Alyce Clarke, the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Jim Crow, the concept of seperate but equal, and much more.