NEBRASKA CITY - The Morton-James Public Library will host the program Heroism on the Plains: Story Songs of Courage and Determination from Improbable People and Places on March 7 at 7 p.m.

Humanities Nebraska speakers Dan Holtz and Gary Zalud will celebrate the people and places of Nebraska’s early history. Songs range from an African-American, born a slave, who came to have the largest landholding in early-day Nebraska to a legendary sod house photographer.

The first native American to become a medical doctor and a Japanese American flying bombing missions in World War 11 are also part of the program.