🖤💛❤✨📚 Celebrate Black History Month at the Library! 📚✨🖤💛❤

February is Black History Month, a time to honor and celebrate the incredible individuals who paved the way through courage, creativity, leadership, and resilience.

🌟 From inspiring authors and ...groundbreaking inventors to powerful activists and community leaders—Black history is American history, and their stories deserve to be remembered and shared.

📍 Stop by any Rapides Parish Library location this month to explore:
📖 Featured book displays
🎥 Educational programs & documentaries
🎨 Cultural celebrations and events
💡 Stories that inspire future generations

Let’s learn, reflect, and celebrate together!

#BlackHistoryMonth #RPL #CelebrateHistory #LibraryPrograms #HonoringLegacy #ReadLearnGrow #CommunityCelebration #AfricanAmericanHistory #KnowledgeIsPower

🎉✨ Candied Yams & Cornbread ✨🎉

Get ready for an uplifting and unforgettable experience as we celebrate the month with Candied Yams & Cornbread, a powerful storytelling program you won’t want to miss! 💛📖

📍King Branch
🗓Saturday, February 28
...⏰12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

🌟 Join us as Sylvia Davis and Rosa Metoyer share spectacular stories that inspire, connect, and uplift the community. This program is always something truly special—come feel the joy, history, and heart behind every word.

🥂 A small reception will follow, so stay, connect, and celebrate with us!

📞 For more information: 318-445-3912

Come listen, celebrate, and be inspired at Candied Yams & Cornbread! 💫

#CandiedYamsAndCornbread #KingBranch #Storytelling #CommunityVoices #CelebrateCulture #LibraryPrograms #RPL

📚🎉 Happy World Read Aloud Day! 🎉📚

Today is the perfect day to celebrate the joy of stories, sharing, and reading together! 🌍✨
What better way to mark the occasion than by stopping by your local Rapides Parish Library branch to check out a new book (or a whole stack ...😉) and enjoy the magic of reading aloud.

📖💛 And don’t forget—Storytime is always happening across RPL!

Here’s where you can join the fun:

📍 Boyce Branch – Storytime Upon Request
📍 King Branch – Storytime Upon Request
📍 Johnson Branch – 1st & 3rd Wednesdays • 3pm–4pm
📍 Libuse Branch –
👶 Library Babies Tuesdays • 10am–10:30am
📚 Storytime Thursdays • 10:30am–11:30am
📍 Main Library – Wednesdays • 10:30am–11am
📍 Martin Library – Wiggles & Giggles Fridays • 10am–10:30am
📍 McDonald Branch –
👶 Library Babies • 9:30am–10am
📚 Storytime Thursdays • 10am–11am
📍 Robertson Branch – Explore & Discover Wednesdays • 10am–11am
📍 Westside Regional Library –
👶 Toddler Time Thursdays • 10am–10:30am
📚 Storytime Fridays • 10am–10:30am
📍 Hineston Branch – Thursday Morning Adventures • 10:30am–11am

🎤📚 Whether you're reading to your child, listening to a story with friends, or picking up your next great adventure—today is all about celebrating literacy and connection.

See you at the library! 💙✨

#WorldReadAloudDay #RapidesLibrary #RPLStorytime #ReadTogether #LibraryFun #EarlyLiteracy #FamilyPrograms #BooksBringUsTogether 📖🎉

✨📚 Words of Wisdom from Maya Angelou 📚✨

“The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.” — Maya Angelou ✊🏽🌟

History is more than the past — it’s power, strength, and freedom. Knowing where we come from helps us understand who we are and ...inspires us to shape a brighter future. 💙

Take time to learn, reflect, and celebrate the stories that have paved the way. 📖✨

#MayaAngelou #WordsOfWisdom #BlackHistoryMonth #KnowledgeIsPower #CelebrateHistory #LibraryInspires #RPLReads #LearnAndGrow 📚✊🏽✨

❤️💛💚🖤 Honoring Legacy. Celebrating Impact. Inspiring the Future.

February shines brighter as we gather to honor outstanding leaders who have shaped Central Louisiana through education, arts, and technology.

📅 Feb. 21 | ⏰ 11am | 📍 MLK Jr. Branch
...#AfricanAmericanHeritage #BlackHistory #CommunityLeaders