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Main Library Black History Month
Celebration: RAISING AWARENESS
By Rhonda B. Sewell, Library Media Relations Coordinator
The Truth Contributor
The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is proud to observe Black
History Month with a FREE community program
titled Raising Awareness: Celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The event is
scheduled from 2-4 p.m. on
Saturday, February 22 in the McMaster Center
at Main Library, 325 Michigan St.
The program will feature honorary MC and panel moderator
Kristian Brown, 13abc anchor. She will lead a Civil
Rights discussion panel comprised of:
• Rev. Robert A. Culp, senior pastor, First Church of
God, and community activist
• Cecilia Adams, Ph.D., president, Toledo Board of
Education
• Paula Hicks-Hudson, president, Toledo City Council
Entertainment:
• Arthur Johnson featuring Ushering
• The University of Toledo Gospel Choir
• Toledo School for the Arts Afro-Caribbean Dance & Drum
Troupe
• Greek Step Performance by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
(University of Toledo chapter)
• Madd Poets Society
• The Main Library Gallery exhibit tribute to black women
titled Women of a New Tribe is also available for viewing
now through the close of Black History Month (February
28). The exhibit is also on view during regular Main
Library hours of operation.
Light refreshments will be served.
Visit
toledolibrary.org
for more Black History Month activities at your neighborhood
branch location, or call 419.259.5200 for more details.
Raising Awareness has been
generously sponsored by the Library Legacy Foundation, with
support from 13abc and the Toledo-Lucas County Public
Library.
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