Monday, January 18, 2021 (Martin Luther King Day) – 1pm
Virtual Family Program + Exclusive Q&A

Honor Martin Luther King Day by joining in a read aloud and conversation about the book Ruby Head High: Ruby Bridges’s First Day of School by Irene Cohen-Janca and illustrated by Marc Daniau. Based on the  true story of Ruby Bridges, the first African American student to attend an all-white school in the segregated South, the story is also the subject of Norman Rockwell’s painting The Problem We All Live With which hung outside President Barack Obama’s Oval Office and is currently on view at the Museum. High school student, actress and singer Keely Rose O’Gorman will read.

Following the reading, artist Bria Goeller will join Keely in a conversation about The Problem We All Live With, her meme based on the painting which celebrates Kamala Harris’s groundbreaking Vice President elect status, and the role of imagery in shaping cultural narratives. Bria will also take questions from the audience, and especially from young people interested in her work.

Please submit questions to learn@nrm.org.

This program is supported in part by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

About Reservations:
We are offering an opportunity to watch these programs on Zoom with access to an exclusive Q&A with the panelists. This opportunity is FREE for NRM Members and Pay What You Choose for Non-Members. If you would like to opt-out of the exclusive Q&A, the program will stream for free on the Museum’s YouTube channel.   

The Zoom link, with instructions, will be emailed to participants approximately 4 hours prior to each program.

Image Credit:
Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge’s First Day of School Book, 2019
Marc Daniau
Cover illustration for Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge’s First Day of School Book by Irene Cohen-Janca
Published by Creative Editions; Illustrated edition (January 8, 2019)

That Little Girl Was Me, 2020
Good Trubble, LLC in conjunction with Bria Goeller