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Tip your hat to fashion designer, civil rights activist, and Black leader Mae Reeves in this illuminating picture book biography published in collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. When options were limited, Mae made a way.

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Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

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Reviews

The Good and the Beautiful Book List

Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat and History Maker
Reviewed by Kate Phillips
Mae Reeves was a creative, strong, and influential black woman in a world that was dull, segregated, and uninviting...

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Kirkus Reviews

Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat and History Maker
A pleaser for younger readers, particularly fans of fashion and fashion design, in search of role models...

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