. >> ifill: joyce bailey's legacy turned out to be worth more than money.e trove from the museum she created, the harlem institute of fashion: costumes-- dresses sewn and worn by slaves, celebrities and by civil rights icons. >> one of the things i think people are surprised to know, or to remember, is that rosa parks was a seamstress. >> yes she was. she was actually carrying the dress that the museum now has, on the day that she was arrested. it's a beautiful yellow with brown stripes in it. and it's really beyond belief. you really just have to see it. >> ifill: beginning this weekend, thousands of people will stream into the brand new national museum of african american history and culture to see elements of bailey's collection and countless other priceless artifacts. there is this-- an airplane flown cross-country to the museum, once piloted by the all- black tuskegee airmen; the casket of 14-year-old emmett till, lynched in 1955 for whistling at a white woman; the writings of abolitionist frederick douglass; shackles discovered on a sunken slave ship

./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> students and staff at a handful of valley schools are still fighting to stop a possible charter school takeover in the coming months. >> bailey middle school is that have been recommended by the nevada department of education for a change in leadership. it's all part of the state's strategy to tackle nevada's under-performing schools -- and make them part of a new "achievement school district". of the 9 recommended... 6 could end up as charter schools next year.. but teachers say it's not the right move: (( shana baker//literary specialist, bailey middle school: 05;15;35 charters have a place but taking a public school and turning it into a charter is not the answer. every place it's been done around the country its been shown not to be successful.)) ((kirsten joyce)) >> once the state board of education decides which schools will become part of the achievement school district.. they'll be matched with new leaders -- who will work with parents and students on a vision for the school. the whole process should be complete by the start of the next school year./// trending now open ((demetria obilor)) >>> the santa experience ((d