contest@nolalibrary.org<\/a> with questions or need assistance submitting work.<\/p>\nKids age 6-12 can work on their entries during the library\u2019s Black History Month art contest hours, where supplies and inspirational materials will be provided.<\/p>\n
Upcoming hours are Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. at Alvar Library,\u00a0913 Alvar St.;\u00a0Feb. 19 at\u00a03:30 p.m. at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library,\u00a01611 Fats Domino Ave.; Feb. 19\u00a0at 4 p.m. at Mid-City Library, 4140 Canal St.; Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. at the Main Library,\u00a0<\/strong>219 Loyola Ave.; Feb. 24 at 4 p.m. at Nora Navra Library, 1902 St. Bernard Ave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Visit nolalibrary.co\/black-history-month for contest details, reading recommendations, upcoming events and more.<\/p>\n
FILM SCREENINGS:<\/strong> On Feb. 20, the Main Library,\u00a0219 Loyola Ave.,\u00a0will host a screening of the documentary \u201cLowndes County and the Road to Black Power,\u201d starting at 2 p.m.<\/p>\nIn the mid-1960s, Lowndes County, Alabama, had zero registered Black voters despite an 80% Black population. Through first-person accounts and archival footage, the film chronicles the citizens’ movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizers led by Stokely Carmichael who risked their lives for Black voting rights.<\/p>\n
This film can also be screened with your library card on Kanopy.<\/p>\n
On Feb. 24, Nora Navra Library,\u00a01902 St. Bernard Ave., will screen \u201cStorming Ceaser\u2019s Palace,\u201d at 4 p.m. The documentary explores the life of Ruby Duncan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Duncan, along with Mary Wesley, Alversa Beals, and low-income mothers across the country, formed the National Welfare Rights Organization to fight for an adequate income, dignity and justice.<\/p>\n
Together, they introduced a Guaranteed Income campaign in 1969, which, with feminist Gloria Steinem at their side, became part of the Democratic platform in 1972.<\/p>\n
Based on a groundbreaking book and using lost archival material, \u201cStorming Ceaser\u2019s Palace\u201d celebrates Duncan\u2019s leadership, courage, tenacity and dreams.<\/p>\n
Visit nolalibrary.co\/black-history-month to explore reading and viewing recommendations, upcoming events and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nola.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Orleans Public Library is accepting entries for its Black History Month Art Contest. The theme is Building Tomorrow: Black Youth Shaping the Future. Students in grades K-2 can enter the contest either online or by downloading the paper form and turning it in, along with their art, at any library location. To enter, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2284114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[388488],"class_list":["post-2284113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-jane-legros"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Black-History-Month-events-include-art-contest-film-screenings.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2284115,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284113\/revisions\/2284115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}