St. Louis Public Library

Join us in the month of February as we learn, discuss, and honor the sacrifices African Americans made during the Great Migration throughout the nation from small towns to large urban communities. The St. Louis Public Library's Black History Month programming is made possible by the St. Louis Public Library Foundation.

Feb. 2, 1 - 3:30 p.m., Living for the City, Central Library

Feb. 2, 2 - 3:30 p.m., Living for the City, Carpenter Branch

Feb. 4-9, 10:30 a.m. to Noon, Where'd You Go to High School: The Black High School Experience in St. Louis, Carondelet Branch

Feb. 4, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Exploring Black Excellence: Past, Present, and Future, Divoll Branch

Feb. 5, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Creative Kids: Steamboat School, Buder Branch

Feb. 5, 4 - 5 p.m., Education During the Great Migration, Machacek Branch

Feb. 6, 4 - 5 p.m., Lila: The Life of a Missouri Slave, Carpenter Branch

Feb. 7, 4 - 5 p.m., I Look at the World: Black History Then and Now, Julia Davis Branch

Feb. 9, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., 2019-Black Migrations and Urban Realities, Bellefontaine Recreational Center, 9669 Bellefontaine Road (63137)

Feb. 9, 1 - 3 p.m., Movie: "Them Them We are Rising: the Story of Black Colleges and Universities", Central Library

Feb. 9, 3 - 4 p.m., Creative Kids: Great Migration Mapping, Central Library

Feb. 10, 2 - 4:30 p.m., A Speaking Engagement featuring Former St. Louis Cardinal Ozzie Smith, Central Library

Feb. 11, 10:30 a.m. to Noon, "Where'd You Go to High School: The Black High School Experience in St. Louis, Machacek Branch

Feb. 12, 10 - 11 a.m., Save or Spend?, Schlafly Branch

Feb. 18, 1 - 2 p.m., Save or Spend?, Walnut Park Branch

Feb. 18, 3 - 4 p.m., One Crazy Summer, Baden Branch

Feb. 18, 3 - 4 p.m., Where'd You Go to High School: The Black High School Experience in St. Louis, Buder Branch

Feb. 19, 5 - 6:30 p.m., In the Footsteps of the Great Migration, Barr Branch

Feb. 19, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Save of Spend?, Cabanne Branch

Feb. 19, 4 - 5 p.m., Picture Yourself in History, Central Library

Feb. 21, 4 - 5 p.m., Creative Kids: Can you Paint Like Jacob Lawrence?, Carondelet Branch

Feb. 21, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Creative Kids: Can You Paint Like Jacob Lawrence?, Carpenter Branch

Feb. 21, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Times' A Getting Harder: Stories of the Great Migration, Schlafly Branch

Feb. 23, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Movie: "John Lewis: Get in the Way", Central Library

Feb. 23, 7 - 8:30 p.m., The East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917: Look How Far We've Come, Walnut Park Branch

Feb. 27, 4 - 5:30 p.m., The Great Migration: You Choose, Kingshighway Branch

Feb. 27, 6 - 7 p.m., Great Migration: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, Julia Davis Branch

Please refer to the www.slpl.org website for more information on these events.

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