Black History Month 2020 - Events for the Week of February 10

Each person must live their life as a model for others.Rosa Parks

Each February we pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who've suffered, struggled and fought for the right to become citizens and to be treated humanely and fairly in the United States. This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the ratification of Fifteenth Amendment, which gave African American men the right to vote in 1870. While the right itself has at times not been enough to truly allow African Americans their voices, the ratification is a true and profound achievement.Throughout February, those of us in the St. Louis region have many opportunities to recognize, honor and celebrate the achievements of African Americans who've played central roles in U.S. history with events at libraries, museums and other venues. Check back here each Monday this month for a list of those events for the coming week.

Coming up this week, February 10 - 16

• February 10, 11:00 a.m. - Storytime Theater Presents: The Honest to Goodness Truth at the Divoll Branch of the St. Louis Public Library
• February 11, 10:00 a.m. - Storytime Theater Presents: The Honest to Goodness Truth at the Buder Branch of the St. Louis Public Library
• February 11, 10:30 a.m. - The Underground Railroad, a continuing education class at the Missouri History Museum
• February 11, 6:30 p.m. - Inspiration by Example: Dr. Chauncey Granger at the Missouri History Museum
• February 13, 7:00 p.m. - LBB Presents: Candacy Taylor - Overground Railroad at Left Bank Books
• February 14 at 7:00 p.m. - "Ghost," a play based on the award-winning YA novel at Metro Theater Company
• February 15, 1:00 p.m. - St. Louis African American History & Genealogy Series at the Missouri History Museum
• February 15, 2:00 p.m. - African America Women's Suffrage presentation at Gateway Arch Visitor Center
• February 15 at 3:00 p.m. - Black Votes Count: Then & Now, Juried Art Show Reception at the Schlafly Branch of the St. Louis Public Library
• February 16, 2:00 p.m. - Times a Gettin’ Harder: Stories of the Great Migration at the Missouri History Museum
• February 17 at 2:00 p.m. - "Ghost," a play based on the award-winning YA novel at Metro Theater Company
• All week - The St. Louis Public Library hosts events at several of their branches
• All week - The St. Louis County Library hosts events at several of their branches

And finally, St. Louisans have access any time of the year to the following museums and historical places to learn more about African American History:

• Frederick Douglass Museum of African American Vernacular Images (by appointment only) in Saint Louis Place
• Griot Museum of Black History in North St. Louis
• Legacy of Courage: Dred Scott and the Quest for Freedom, exhibit at the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis
• Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing
• Missouri History Museum
• National Blues Museum in downtown St. Louis
• Scott Joplin State Historic Site on Delmar Boulevard