Black History Month
At Macon Public Library

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February 1-7

February 3 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
A Poem by by Langston Hughes

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

February 5 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm
The Work of Toni Morrison

Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award

February 7 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Discussion of Book by Ralph Ellison

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February 8-14

February 9 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Works of Maya Angelou by Martin Jackson

An author, poet, civil rights activist, and actress who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1969. She was the first African American author to have a nonfiction bestseller. She also recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration.

February 11 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm
A Book by Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

The author of The Hate U Give, which was adapted into a Netflix film. The novel is about Starr Carter, whose best friend is killed by police.

February 12 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Reading of Poem by Author James Baldwin

James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by Time magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels

February 15-21

February 15 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Poetry Reading, Film Screening

A poem reading inspired by the artwork of Bill Traylor — a Black artist born into slavery now recognized as one of the most significant American artists of the 20th century — followed by a screening of the documentary “Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts,” which details his life and art.

February 17 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Reading by Author John Smith

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February 21 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Discussion of Book by Author Maya Smith

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February 22-28

February 22 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Reading of Short Story by Alice Walker

A poem reading inspired by the work of Alice Walker. Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple

February 24 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Screening of Documentary by Zora Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston was an American writer, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.

February 27 | 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Discussion of Book by Langston Hughes

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