TSU grad had hand in black museum

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The phantom fingerprints of a Texas-born and Houston-educated art conservation student are all over the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which officially opens Saturday in Washington.

LaStarsha McGarity helped polish and wrap Chuck Berry's 1973 cherry-red Cadillac Eldorado convertible in off-site storage before its transport for exhibition. Those spotless keys on an organ that traveled with James Brown, the Godfather of Soul? She cleaned them.

Shoes from entertainers and athletes were preserved by the 26-year-old from San Antonio, who stabilized pairs owned by rock 'n' roll pianist Fats Domino and jazz bandleader Cab Calloway, as well as tiny black leather hoofers used by a young vaudevillian named Sammy Davis Jr.

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