Keepsakes help tell African American story

Everyone has different habits to collect the varied keepsakes,because every different keepsakes have their own stories or histories meanings.They are priceless treasure which doesn't mean the monetary value .

In this article, the writer talked about a very rare white cap once worn by a Pullman Co. porter and a pin bearing the image of a black woman . In the past , they wore black or blue caps ,the porters who wore white tended only to prominent travelers in private train cars. The second treasure is the writer also learned that the face on the pin was Madame C.J Walker, whose hair care products made her the first female African American millionaire. They also mentioned that the residents in L.A. will have a chance to have experts review their keepsakes. Their aim is about the historical worth not monetary value. And also they hope the items they bring can illuminate the California dream and share the African American Treasure.

The historical heritage is priceless, we can't use money to value their worth. From them we can konw what happened before and what they looked like . They have the great infulence on us nowadays.