Two hundred years ago, an African American girl made history—literally. She was an indentured servant named Grace Wisher in the household of Mary Pickersgill. Helen Yuen and Ms. Asantewa Boakyewa of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum share her story. Mary Pickersgill is often credited with sewing the Star-Spangled Banner which flew over Fort McHenry in […]

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