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𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬/𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

February is Black History Month and throughout the month the City of Buda will highlight African American contributions to society. The City will share daily posts on our various social media channels. 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲. 

Here are just some of our library activities that we have going on.

Watch a Black History Month story with featured guests on the library Facebook page (

https://www.facebook.com/BudaLibrary

)! A new story will release each Monday in February.

Pick up a Black History Month Take-and-Make kit at the library! Kits are available through February. 

Read a book from one of our Recommended Book Lists (https://buda.biblionix.com/)! We have three featured lists including Poetry and Novels in Verse, Biographies and People to 

Know, and Coretta Scott King Award and Honor winners.

Join one of our weekly children's programs (https://www.budalibrary.org/255/Weekly-Programs)! Register once and you will receive an e-mail each week. Each age group will have a day focused on Black History.

Find reviews on books by Black authors and featuring Black characters on our library’s Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/budapubliclibrary/?hl=en) all month long!

City Council Meeting - Feb. 2 - 5:30 p.m. 

𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧  

Feb. 20 - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐.𝟎: 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐄𝐯’𝐫𝐲 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞

This will be a virtual event. We will have a link a to share and additional detail soon. Hosted by Sandra Bryant with Keeping Communities Connected (KCC) in Partnership with the City of Buda Master of Ceremony: Ray Bryant, Buda City Councilman & Derrick Bryant, Lockhart City Councilman.

Other Black History Month Events in Hays County: