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Black History Month is a celebration to commemorate the achievements of African-Americans in the history of the United States. Join us in celebrating all month long with events, programs, and recommended reading.

Library Programs:

Black History Month Film Series (Presented by Father Taj & the 418 project)

• Feb 2nd: Passing Strange with Rev. Deborah Johnson

• Feb 9th: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner w/ Thomas Pederson of Speak for Change

• Feb 16th: Gook w/ Ayo Banja, Santa Cruz Black

• Feb 23rd: Surprise film with Miya Evans followed by a DJ dance party with DJ Mai Girl

Black History Month Storytimes

• Feb 15th: Toddler & Preschool Storytime at Boulder Creek Branch Library
  
• Feb 16th: Preschool Storytime at Felton Branch Library

Recommended books, movies, and more:

• Check out our Black History Month Book displays at one of our branch libraries
  

• Select a book from our booklist of Award Winning African American Authors

• Choose a book from our Youth Black History Month list

• Watch a movie celebrating black artists and black stories on Kanopy - a free resource with your library card.

• Download e-content on Libby: African American Fiction & Non-Fiction
  

Community Events:

• All Month Long: Black History Month Virtual Festival (ASALH)

• Feb 2nd 5pm: Author Talk - Celebrating Black History: Zora Neale Hurson (PBS)

• Ends Feb 19th: Call for Collaboration - MLK Day Justice Journal (Museum of Art & History)

• Feb 4th 7:30pm: A Rainbow of American Musics (SC Baroque)

• Feb 9th 5pm: Poets' Circle - Writers of Colors (Watsonville Library)

• Feb 11th 2pm: A Celebration of Black Liberation & Majesty Opening Reception (Resource center for Nonviolence)

• Feb 15th 8pm - Author Talk: Jonathan Abrahams - Celebrating Black History: Music as Resistance (PBD)
  

• Feb 18th - 27th: 'da Kink in My Hair (UCSC)
• Feb 21st -Author Talk with Amina Luqman-Dawson (PBS)
  

• Feb 23 5:30pm: 38th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

Local History:

• To Know My Name: A Chronological History of African Americans In Santa Cruz County- Author Phil Reader (Santa Cruz Public Libraries Local History Archives.

• NAACP Santa Cruz County History- History page for the Santa Cruz Chapter of NAACP.

• Black Lives in Santa Cruz: What Matters- Through the words and images of the people who experience it, Black Lives in Santa Cruz: What Matters reveals some of the racial disparity and injustice in our community (Exhibit by local photographer Allison Garcia)

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