🎉✨ Get Excited! ✨🎉

Our 3rd Annual African American Cultural & Heritage Center Event is almost here — and we cannot wait to celebrate with YOU! 🙌🏾❤️💛💚

Join us as we honor culture, history, creativity, and community in a powerful and inspiring ...celebration. ✊🏾📚🎶

It’s going to be a day filled with meaningful moments, vibrant energy, and unforgettable experiences. Bring your friends, bring your family, and come ready to celebrate! 🎊

We can’t wait to see you there!

#AfricanAmericanHeritage #CulturalCelebration #CommunityStrong #CelebrateCulture #LibraryEvents #HeritageMatters ✨

📚✨ Preserving History, Honoring Community ✨📚

The Rapides Parish Library is proud to host a book talk and signing with Rev. Larry Douglas Smith featuring his powerful work, “The Rise and Fall of Lee Street: Stories History Forgot”.

📍 King Branch
📅 Saturday, ...February 28
⏰ 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM

This moving book reconstructs the vibrant Lee Street community, its people, culture, faith, and legacy—through personal memories, oral histories, and historical records. Rev. Smith shines a light on stories nearly erased, honoring a neighborhood that helped shape our city and reflecting on the experiences of Black communities across the South whose contributions deserve to be remembered.

📖 Meet the author
✍️ Book talk & signing
🖤 History, memory, and preservation brought to life

Join us for an important conversation about why preserving these stories matters—for today and for future generations.

📞 For more information, call 318-445-3912

#AuthorTalk #BookSigning #LocalHistory #PreservingOurStories #BlackHistory #KingBranch #RapidesParishLibrary #CommunityVoices #HistoryMatters 📚✨

🌍🧬 Happy Darwin Day! 🧬🌍

Darwin Day is celebrated every year on February 12 to honor the birthday of Charles Darwin (1809) and to recognize his lasting contributions to science—especially his work on evolution and the natural world. 🌱🔍

This day is also a global ...celebration of curiosity, discovery, and the importance of scientific learning for all. 📚✨

Whether you’re fascinated by biology, nature, or the wonders of the universe, Darwin Day reminds us to keep asking questions and exploring the world around us!

#DarwinDay #ScienceCelebration #LoveLearning #Evolution #STEM #LibraryLife #CuriosityAndDiscovery 🌎📖🧠

🏆✨ Honoring Excellence: 2026 AACHC Honorees ✨🏆

We are proud to recognize the outstanding individuals selected as the 2026 African American Cultural Heritage Center (AACHC) Honorees—leaders whose dedication, service, and impact continue to uplift and inspire our community. ...🖤🌟

👏 Please join us in celebrating:
• General Owen MonConduit
• Major Freddie Price Sr.
• Mr. Randy Holly Jr.
• Mr. Levator Boyd
• Mr. John Allen
• Mr. Herbert Dixon
• Mr. Israel “Bo” Curtis

These honorees represent excellence, leadership, and a lasting commitment to making a difference. We look forward to celebrating their achievements and honoring their legacy. 💫

#AACHC2026 #BlackHistoryMonth #CommunityLeaders #HonoringExcellence #CelebrateLegacy #RPL #AfricanAmericanHistory #LocalHeroes 🏆🖤✨

🔬✨ Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! ✨🔬

Today, February 11th, we celebrate the brilliant women and girls who are shaping the future through science, technology, engineering, and math! 👩🏽‍🔬🚀💡

From groundbreaking discoveries to ...inspiring the next generation, women in STEM continue to change the world every single day. 🌍💫

📚 Stop by the library this month to explore books, resources, and stories that highlight the incredible contributions of women in science—and maybe spark your own curiosity too!

Let’s keep encouraging young minds to dream big, ask questions, and reach for the stars! 🌟🧪

#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM #GirlsInScience #STEMStrong #BlackHistoryMonth #LibraryLearning #RapidesLibrary #InspirationThroughEducation #FutureScientists #RPLReads 📖✨