75,000 PEOPLE
NATIONWIDE.
STEPHANIE, OVER TO YOU.
>>> MOVING ON NOW, FEBRUARY IS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND ALL
MONTH THE PALM BEACH COUNTY
LIBRARY SYSTEM IS HONORING THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO AMERICAN
CULTURE.
JOINING US IS MARIBEL AND
AMBER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IT IS AWESOME THAT YOU BROUGHT
WONDERFUL BOOKS WITH YOU.
MARIBEL, WE'LL START WITH
YOU.
TELL US ABOUT THE LIBRARY
SERIES YOU HAVE GOING ON AND
WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> FOR FEBRUARY WE ARE
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY
MONTH.
WE ARE HAVING MANY EVENTS IN
HONOR OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY.
THIS SATURDAY, TOMORROW, WE
WILL HAVE THE KICKOFF AT
1:00.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL LINEUP.
WE WILL HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
OF THE ARTS AND LATIMER WHO IS
A JAZZ MUSICIAN AND WILL OFFER
AN EVENT FOR FAMILIES.
AND WE WILL CONCLUDE THE EVENT
WITH A MUSICAL LECTURE ABOUT
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
>> FANTASTIC.
AND AMBER, YOU WORK TO HELP
COMPILE A COLLECTION OF
STORIES GEARED TOWARD YOUNG,
BLACK WOMEN.
TELL US ABOUT THE COLLECTION
AND WHAT STORIES ARE IN IT.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 330 OR SO
BOOKS GEARED FOR BLACK GIRLS
IN OUR COLLECTION.
IT IS THE 1,000 BLACK GIRLS
BOOK PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED
BY A YOUNG GIRL IN NEW JERSEY.
SHE WAS TIRED OF NOT SEEING
HERSELF IN A STORY.
SHE WANTED TO FIND PEOPLE WHO
LOOK LIKE HER AND WHO WERE
JUST LIKE HER.
SO SHE SENT LETTERS AND FOUND
PEOPLE WHO WOULD SEND HER
STORIES WITH BLACK GIRLS.
WE HAVE DUG THROUGH OUR
COLLECTION AT THE LIBRARY AND
WE HAVE FOUND OVER 300
TITLES.
AS OF NOW WE ARE STILL TRYING
TO FIND MORE SO WE CAN GET TO
THE THOUSAND BLACK GIRL
BOOKS.
>> THERE ARE TWO BIG TITLES
THAT ARE ALL THE BUZZ AND THEY
WERE TURNED INTO MOVIES.
ONE IS "HIDDEN FIGURES" AND
THE OTHER IS" LOVING."
YOU HAVE "HIDDEN FIGURES" IN
YOUR HAND, MARIBEL.
TELL US ABOUT THAT BOOK.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE, BUT
WONDER IF IT MATCHES CLOSELY
TO THE HOLLYWOOD STORY.
>> THEY TRIED THEIR BEST TO DO
AS CLOSE AS THE STORY LINE AS
THE BOOK.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL WAY FOR
EVERYONE TO LEARN ABOUT BLACK
HISTORY.
IT IS SOMETHING I I DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT THESE WOMEN WHO
WERE SIGN THISES WHO HELPED --
SCIENTISTS WHO HELPED NASA
LAUNCH THE SPACE MISSION.
SO IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO
LEARN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY.
WE HAVE A BOOK DISCUSSION
ABOUT "HIDDEN FIGURES" SO
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE SO
YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT WHERE IT
IS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE.
>> SO MANY EVENTS GOING ON
THROUGH THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
LADIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE HARD
WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO COMPILE
THIS BOOK.
@
@>> WE APPRECIATE IT.
@AND AGAIN FOR A LIST OF EVENTS
@AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACROSS
@PALM BEACH COUNTY HEAD OVER TO
@WPBF.COM.
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