FLORENCE-The month of February is authors month as well as Black History month. Come to the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library and enjoy a good book, historical talk or check out what’s new just for you.
February 11 – Author Jeffrey Blount11a.m.
Live Zoom book discussion
Get the link by emailing events@flpl.org
Blount will discuss his latest novel, “The Emancipation of Evan Walls,” which examines the sometimes hostile environment gifted, aspiring African Americans face from their own communities when they’re accused of “acting white” or of not being “black enough.”
February 18 – Author Jonathan Putnam
Noon
Live Zoom author presentation
Get the link by emailing events@flpl.org
“A House Divided” re-imagines one of the greatest unsolved murder mysteries from Abraham Lincoln’s real-life trial cases. It’s the latest book in the Lincoln and Speed mystery series from Lincoln scholar and author Jonathan F. Putnam.
February 19 – Historian and genealogist Thomas McKnight
3 p.m.
For Zoom link, email archive@flpl.org
McKnight will discuss how he traced his ancestors – a journey that brought him from New York to Tuscumbia, Alabama. Among his discoveries:
— His great-grandmother, Sophia Napier Watkins, was the Keller household cook when Helen Keller was a child.
— Tuskegee Airman, Lt. Carroll Napier Langston, and noted author Langston Hughes are family members.
— He has a family history connection to the Hon. James Carroll Napier, of Nashville, Tennessee, an African American lawyer, politician, and civil rights activist who was Registrar of the U.S. Treasury during the administration of President William Howard Taft (1911-1913)
All Month
Come to the library’s gallery and view this historical photo exhibit of local families in celebration of Black History Month. We’re also inviting all local residents to bring in photographs and information about your family to our archive department and not only preserve your family’s history but share it with future generations.
Media Release/Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
