{"id":28582,"date":"2013-03-11T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=28582"},"modified":"2022-02-05T22:24:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T03:24:26","slug":"rikkis-mouse-bites-31113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/rikkis-mouse-bites-31113\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikki&#8217;s Mouse Bites 3\/11\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26974\" alt=\"RikkisNews4resized\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few refurbishments have been announced for the Magic Kingdom.\u00a0 The Carousel of Progress will be down for a short refurbishment from May 13 &#8211; May 15.\u00a0 In addition, Prince Charming&#8217;s Royal Carousel will have a refurbishment from May 28th &#8211; June 10th.<\/li>\n<li>The Kinsey Exhibit has now opened in the American Adventure Pavilion.\u00a0 The exhibit celebrates the history and achievements of African Americans from the private collection of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey.\u00a0 It will feature five different themes and forty different pieces.\u00a0 The different themes are:<strong>Hope<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>By age 19, Phillis Wheatley became internationally known as the first African-American ever to publish a book of poetry.\u00a0 She wrote about hope and freedom and is now known as The Mother of African American Literature. (On display: Phyllis Wheatley\u2019s first book).<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Other Hope Gallery highlights: Samuel Francis Smith: <em>My Country \u2018Tis of Thee<\/em> lyrics; Hughie Lee Smith<em>: \u201cUntitled\u201d<\/em>; and Benjamin Banneker: Almanack.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Courage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harriet Jacobs, an enslaved young black woman often called an \u201cAmerican Anne Frank\u201d stayed seven years in a tiny attic until she could escape to freedom. She later chronicled her story in an autobiography. (On display: Harriet Jacobs\u2019 book, <em>Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Other Courage Gallery highlights: Bisa Butler fiber art<em>: Sea Island Woman<\/em>; Michael Chukes sculpture: <em>Loss.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Belief<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1870, only seven years after Emancipation, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African-American to represent Mississippi in the U.S. Senate. Josiah Walls became the first African-American to represent Florida in the House of Representatives. (On display: \u201cSenator Hiram Rhodes Revels Cabinet Card Photograph\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>Other Belief Gallery highlights: Buffalo Soldiers Parade Flag; Abby Fisher:<em> What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking<\/em>;\u00a0 Matthew Henson book: <em>A Negro Explorer at the North Pole<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Imagination<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alain Locke not only became the first African-American Rhodes scholar in 1907, but his book \u201cThe New Negro\u201d helped inspire the Harlem Renaissance, a period in American culture that produced artists, musicians, writers and thinkers that showed the world how American greatness comes from all of its citizens. (On display: <em>The Negro in Art<\/em>, by Alain Locke).<\/li>\n<li>Other Imagination Gallery highlights: Harmon Foundation Catalogs; American Beach Negro Ocean Playground, Florida \u2013 Steel plaque; \u201c<em>Untitled\u201d <\/em>(Kadir Nelson)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Heritage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>History can be shared through many types of artifacts. Sometimes it\u2019s as simple as a timeworn letter written by Carrie Kinsey (Bernard\u2019s cousin) to President Roosevelt. Or an old sewing machine passed down through generations by Shirley\u2019s grandmother, Susie Plummer Pooler. (On display: \u201cLetter to President Roosevelt,\u201d by Carrie Kinsey)<\/li>\n<li>Other Heritage Gallery highlights: Bill of Sale-William Johnson; Schedule of Over 500 Slaves; Susie Plummer Pooler\u2019s Sewing Machine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tangled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28584\" alt=\"tangled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tangled-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tangled-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tangled.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The new Tangled restrooms opened in Fantasyland.\u00a0 This new area is themed around the hit film and features things like lanterns and flags that are highlighted in the movie, posters with some of the characters on them, hidden Pascals, a unique musical track, and of course, the famous tower.\u00a0 In addition, a new pathway has opened up from Fantasyland to Liberty Square which opens up right near the entrance to the Haunted Mansion.\u00a0 The area also features benches and tables and what appears to be charging stations.\u00a0 Stroller parking can also be found here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few refurbishments have been announced for the Magic Kingdom.\u00a0 The Carousel of Progress will be down for a short refurbishment from May 13 &#8211; May 15.\u00a0 In addition, Prince Charming&#8217;s Royal Carousel will have a refurbishment from May 28th &#8211; June 10th. 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