Black History Month has officially ended, although the icy weather limited access to the library building for during February.
Happily, many of the Round Rock Public Library‘s Black History Month resources continue to be available to explore any month.
Here’s a recap of the library resources we highlighted in our catalog, in our art gallery, and on our newsroll, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
- Host a Storytime@Home with our spotlight on Black authors, illustrators, inventors and musicians
- Guest storytime video with Pastor Sharian Brown-Taylor from Round Rock’s historical St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Storytime@Handout of recommended at-home activities
- Recommended books, DVDs, and music
- Check out recommended reading lists
- For kids:
- For teens:
- For adults:
- Revisit on online events:
- RRPL’s Poetry In Motion: Black History Month Open Mic Session
- Buffalo Soldiers Program series of livestream events from Texas Parks and Wildlife
- Learn more about our featured gallery exhibit, African-American Family: Faith, Hope, Love, and the Backbone of Strength
Image by Melissa Fontenette-Mitchell
- Listen to Music Playlists from the Library’s Freegal streaming and download service:
- Explore highlighted resources from the library and beyond:
- ProQuest: Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
- The Brown Bookshelf: the blog of local award-winning children’s book creator Don Tate, highlighting 28 days of Black authors and illustrators
- Enslaved: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade, a new digital database to discover the names and stories of individuals who were enslaved, who owned slaves, or who participated in the trade