Program | Location | Date | Time | Description | Presenter | Audience |
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A Conversation with Allee Wallace |
Pan American Branch |
Saturday, June 11 | 12:00 pm | Allee Wallace is the official photographer of the San Antonio Juneteenth Coalition. He has documented San Antonio's Juneteenth and MLK parades. Come and hear Mr. Wallace talk about his career and experiences. | Allee Wallace | Adults, Seniors |
A Conversation with Allee Wallace |
Pruitt Branch |
Sunday, June 12 | 3:00 p.m. | Allee Wallace is the official photographer of the San Antonio Juneteenth Coalition. He has documented San Antonio's Juneteenth and MLK parades. Come and hear Mr. Wallace talk about his career and experiences. | Allee Wallace | Adults, Seniors |
A Conversation with Allee Wallace |
Carver Branch |
Tuesday, June 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Allee Wallace is the official photographer of the San Antonio Juneteenth Coalition. He has documented San Antonio's Juneteenth and MLK parades. Come and hear Mr. Wallace talk about his career and experiences. | Allee Wallace | Adults, Seniors |
African-American Quilt Exhibit |
Carver Branch |
Saturday, June 18 | 10 am - 6 pm |
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Library Staff | Adults, Seniors |
Poem by Antoinette Franklin |
Carver Branch |
Saturday, June 18 | 10:55 a.m. | Antoinette Franklin | Adults, Seniors | |
Screening of documentary film "Just a Ferry Ride to Freedom" and panel discussion |
Carver Branch |
Saturday, June 18 | 11:00 a.m. | The film is based on the choice made by enslaved runaways prior to the Civil War, to head south instead of north, to Mexico using another Underground Railroad. The route to freedom would be longer over treacherous terrain between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. | Library staff | Adults, Seniors |
African-American Genealogy | Carver Branch | Saturday, June 18 | 2:00 p.m. | Interested in looking for your African American roots? Wondering how to begin? Join us and discover how to start the journey. Find out what databases, books and resources are out there to help you uncover your family history. | Sylvia Reyna | Adults, Seniors |