Celebrate Black History Month 2021 with the Bryan+College Station Public Library System.
Displays (entire month of February)
- Mounce Youth Services: 2 displays celebrating black authors (picture books, middle grade, and young adult)
- Books are chosen with families in mind to celebrate this year’s family and diversity theme.
- “Stars of History: Celebrate Black History Month” wall display with pictures of trailblazing African‑Americans and a list of books Mounce has about them.
- Mounce Adult
- Love at First Line: Romance Novels by Black Authors
- Romance novels by Black authors
- All books will be wrapped with only the first sentence written on the wrapping to distinguish each book.
- Come pick up a mystery romance novel this February!
- Who Am I? Display
- Throughout the downstairs area at the Clara B. Mounce Public Library, there will be information or quotes about and said by Black creators, musicians, authors, activists, and more!
- Come to the library this February to see if you can guess who’s who!
- Love at First Line: Romance Novels by Black Authors
- Ringer Youth Services
- Book displays by Black authors
- Ringer Adult
- Adult fiction and non-fiction display related to Black History Month
Passive Programming (entire month of February)
- Ringer Youth Services
- “Who Am I?”
- A fun guessing game. Do you know who these people are? Lift-a-flap game of guess who
- Black History Month Collaborative Puzzle (for all library patrons who want to participate)
- Come follow specific instructions to color and combine to form a famous Black History person
- Famous Figures in Black History Library Scavenger Hunt
- Can you find these famous Black History figures hidden in the children’s section?
- “Who Am I?”
To-Go Activities (while supplies last; all items are free)
- Mounce Youth Services
- Take-Home Craft: Tuskegee Airmen Paper Airplane
- Pick up craft Fri., Feb. 5, from Youth Services or curbside
- Fall in love with Black history and honor the Tuskegee Airmen with a take-home paper airplane craft to learn about the brave Tuskegee pilots of WWII.
- Includes a short history summary about Tuskegee airmen, a paper airplane, and Valentine’s Day activities
- Black History Month crossword puzzle
- Test your history and culture skills in this fun take-home crossword puzzle
- Book suggestion bookmarks
- Take-Home Craft: Tuskegee Airmen Paper Airplane
Online events
- Adult: 2nd Mystery Book Club meeting to discuss My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Meeting on Mon., Feb. 22 at 6 PM; email Ashley at areed@bryantx.gov for Zoom invite
- Middle Grade Book Talks by Elaine (Mounce Youth Services), recorded video to be posted on Facebook Feb. 24
- Featuring Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander