In the last year, Keisha had been to Detroit twice. The first time was when the FFGs went to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Then last summer, the Carter family spent a whole day going back and forth between the Detroit Science Center and the Children’s Museum. Today’s trip was completely different. Keisha and the team would take the bus and stay overnight, while the rest of the Carters would drive separately in the truck and return that evening. Grandma and Big Bob would go in his Bonneville. Though Sarge wanted to come, his doctors weren’t sure about extended travel and hours in the bleachers. Grandma had promised to videotape Keisha’s routine for him. The bus got off I-96 and drove through a neighborhood a lot like Alger Heights. Keisha watched all the buses waiting their turn to pull in to Central High School. She read the names printed on their sides: Jackson Public Schools, Saginaw Public Schools … her tummy did a scissors move with a crisscross turn.
