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Celebrate Black History Month 2005
image Hill District, 1951.
Children waiting for a bus on Centre Avenue.
Photo by Richard Saunders.
See more historic images from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Department

Special Events

Black History Month Film Screenings

Friday, February 25, 2005
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Join us after-hours at the library to view classic or contemporary films starring and/or created by African Americans.
Films will be shown in the Teens area and in the New Film & Audio area of the First Floor.

Black History Month Celebration at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main

Saturday, February 26, 2005
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Join us for three remarkable Black History Month programs:
  • Enjoy Azizi Powell's interactive workshop on African American chants, call and response, and handgames.
  • Join Justin Liang as he explores the tragic and triumphant in a stirring reading of Dr. Carter G. Woodson's The Miseducation of the Negro.

  • Experience the vibrant beauty and power of Afro-Brazillian culture as Nego Gato combines dance, drums, and art.
    		• Read and Learn More

    Dr. Carter G. Woodson, The Father of Black History

    The Photography of Charles "Teenie" Harris

    Historic Images from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Department

    Internet Resources for African American History and Literature

    African American Teen Fiction - A reading list compiled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Teens

    It's All Good! - An Africana fiction list compiled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, New & Featured

    African Music on CD - A discography compiled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Music & Art Department

    Pittsburgh Jazz - A list of books and recordings compiled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Music & Art Department

    The American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners

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