The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group is pleased to join as a sponsor with the Clay County African American Legacy and the Liberty Martin Luther King Jr. Program Committee as they invite the community to attend the 38th annual Northland Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. The Honorable Quinton Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City, […]

¡Hola! America250 is kicking off the new year with a Community Conversation with members of Latino, Hispanic, and Chicano communities. January 19, 2022 3-4:15pm This event will be held online. Communities across the United States and around the world are coming together to share their hopes for the semiquincentennial, explore the experience of communities in […]

Young Learners can meet Fannie Lou Hamer, an activist in the 1960s and 1970s for voting rights, civil rights, and women’s rights (as portrayed by Sheila Arnold). Fannie Lou Hamer fought for freedom, equality, and opportunity to make the United States a more just society. She will share her story from her birth as the […]

PBS Books, in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to interview Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks, author of “Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America”. His book contains 12 meditations on contemporary political struggles for our society. The moderator of the conversation will be Venise Wagner.

This branch meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. and the program on Mental Wellness" The Science & A salute to our Ancestors" will begin at 10:30 a.m. Participants are asked to have two different color writing utensils and a clean sheet of paper. January 22, 2022 10:30am EST This event will be held virtually via Zoom. […]