Please utilize the following links to attend
these Black History Month Events
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Muhammad Ali Center
February 22, 9:00 - 11:00 am 
The Grammy Museum
February 23, 1:00 - 3:00 pm 
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The Slave Experience
February 22, 9:00 - 11:00 am 
Buffalo Soldiers Experience
February 24, 9:00 - 11:00 am 
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February 10, 2021
9:00 am - 11:00 am (3rd Grade & Up) 
George Washington Carver
Through the preservation and exhibition of African American material culture, history, and aesthetic expression, the Carver Museum works to create a space where the global contributions of all Black people are celebrated.
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February 11, 2021
9:00 am - 11:00 am (6th Grade & Up) 
Freedom Rides Museum
Learn how 21 young people transformed our nation's history using nonviolent protest methods.
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February 12, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (3rd Grade & Up) 
The Selma Alabama Experience
Selma, Alabama, captured the attention of the entire nation and became the center of a decisive shift in the American conscience.
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February 22, 2021
9:00 am - 11:00 am (5th Grade & Up) 
The Slave Experience
Learn about the history of slavery on a southern Louisiana sugarcane plantation by visiting memorials built to honor enslaved people; as well as original slave cabins, a freedmen’s church, detached kitchen, and a 1790 owner’s house.
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February 23, 2021
9:00 am - 11:00 am (4th Grade & Up) 
Grammy Museum
The GRAMMY Museum seeks to educate and inspire all individuals as to the enduring qualities and cultural significance of all genres of music.
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NEW Virtual Book Reading NEW
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February 11, 2021
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm (Kindergarten - 2nd Grade) 
The Story of Ruby Bridges
The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her.
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February 12, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Kindergarten - 2nd Grade) 
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
When Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden joined NASA, they were hired as "human computers" — their mathematical genius was put to use calculating launch trajectories for America's first trips to space. They overcame both racism and sexism, carved out careers in science, and participated in some of NASA's greatest triumphs.
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February 25, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Kindergarten - 2nd Grade) 
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.
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February 26, 2021
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm (Kindergarten - 2nd Grade) 
Juneteenth for Mazie
Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history — the day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth.
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