In honor of Black History Month, students at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick researched the lives of famous black Americans and then portrayed those historical figures during a mock “Wax Museum” on Feb. 25. From top: Second-grader Chiraag Sindhia, portraying Matthew Henson, an African American explorer of the North Pole in the early 1900s, waits to tell his story. Second-grader Anthony Cottrell, portraying Guion Bluford, a former NASA astronaut, reads his biography to Shannon Gabriel. Second-grader Lauren Taylor, portraying Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first African American registered nurse, reads her biography to her father, Greg. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff