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Humanities Programs
Join us for these cultural and historical programs. All Humanities Programming is presented by Durham Library Foundation.
June
June
Civil Rights Stories, 1963 & Durham Civil Rights "Pop-Up" Museum
Sunday, June 23, 3 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
1963 was a pivotal civil rights year. As we look back in Durham’s history during 1963, many critically important events changed the local civil rights landscape a half century ago.
Retired teacher Eddie Davis will moderate a multi-racial panel of citizens who played vital roles in the quest for the integration of some of Durham’s most cherished educational institutions, restaurants and theaters. Join the conversation by bringing an old photo or family treasure for the Durham Civil Rights “Pop-Up Museum” happening alongside the program. Co-sponsored by the Museum of Durham History. Photograph by Harold Moore, courtesy of the Herald-Sun
Meet the Author: Latoya Hankins
Monday, June 24, 7 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
In celebration of LGBT Pride Month, LaToya Hankins will read from her book SBF Seeking, a story of a woman who decides to place a personal ad four months before her wedding.
Her small town life in eastern North Carolina never prepared her for the personal journey she undertakes as she struggles to find her heart’s path. A book signing will follow the reading.
A History of Prohibition Cocktails
Thursday, June 27, 7 p.m.
Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Join Scott Richie, co-founder of Whiskey and three-time winner of the Indy’s Best Bartender award, for a program on the cocktails of prohibition and their descendants.
Learn about a time in history when bartenders had to get creative due to limited quantity and quality.
