Nashida: Visits the Smith Robertson Museum

by Meredith Coleman McGee, Dorothy Stewart (Introduction)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538001097
Publisher:	Kim Idynne
Publication date:	09/20/2016
Series:	Moses Meredith Cultural Arts Book Series , #1
Edition description:	Vol 1 ed.
Pages:	56
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Meredith Coleman McGee is the author of five books. she is also a professional writer, business owner, publisher, editor, and blogger. McGee is a native of Los Angeles, California; she was raised in Jackson, Mississippi where she lives with her husband, William E. McGee Jr.

Editorial Reviews

Nashida: Visits the Smith Robertson Museum will inspire young readers to seek knowledge in their own backyards. What an excellent way to present African American history through the eyes of this second grader. Readers are taken through Nashida's thought process as she internalizes everything she sees at the museum. This was an easy and enjoyable read for young and old readers. Our 6th grader read it to our kindergartner and they both enjoyed it!

Meredith Etc - Tyrone Hendrix Ercilla Dometz-Hendrix

I hope the Smith Robertson Museum is on the list of every family's Black History Tour. Nashida: Visits the Smith Robertson Museum is a beautiful introduction to the museum with a very personal touch. After reading the book, I am already planning a trip to the Historic Farish Street area of Jackson, Mississippi to visit this museum that salutes so many giants of history within its walls. Meredith Coleman McGee has once again proven that she is a skilled leader in using the written word...

Meredith Etc - Alice Paris

Meredith Coleman McGee, a seminal thinker, showed that parents are teachers, and the profoundly important role they play in passing on knowledge to free born children about courageous African Americans. Equipped with the knowledge that African American role models were honest, courageous, pioneers, enhances children's ability to be critical thinkers which is so important for a free people.

Dorothy Benford, Historian

Meredith Etc - Dorothy Benford

I truly enjoyed reading Nashida: Visits the Smith Robertson Museum," an educational children's book, by my cousin Meredith Coleman McGee. Students can learn many historical events that occurred mainly in the south between The Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil Rights era. The Smith Robertson Museum is an important resource for families; this book is perfect for school libraries and classrooms.

Theatrice Meredith-Mott, Librarian/Teacher

Meredith Etc - Theatrice Meredith-Mott

Meredith Coleman McGee has penned a book that needs to be required reading for all Mississippi's 3rd graders, especially those in the Jackson Public Schools. The print is large, the images historically support the script, and the length is age appropriate. Nashida discussed the African American past in an interesting manner, one which will allow young readers to ask questions. Well done, Meredith.

J. Moffett Walker, Author, Retired Counselor, Educator; President & Co-founder of the Clinton I

Meredith Etc - J. Moffett Walker