📚✨ The Truth Behind J. B. Lafargue’s Life ✨📚
Join us at the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch for a powerful and enlightening afternoon as we uncover hidden history and celebrate a legacy that helped shape Black education in America.
📍King Branch
📅Saturday, ...January 10
⏰2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📖 Featuring a book talk & signing of Michael Wynne’s latest biography:
All towards the elevation of the negro race in America…": Jean Baptiste Lafargue, The "Negro" Who Re-Invented Black Education For America".
🎤 Special Guests:
✨ Michael Wynne — collector, historian, speaker, and preservationist
✨ Josette Abugov — great-great niece of J. B. Lafargue, environment reporter at The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com, and fiction writer
Discover long-hidden truths about the life, history, and heritage of Jean Baptiste Lafargue, and engage in meaningful conversation that honors his lasting impact. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Come learn, reflect, and be inspired by history that deserves to be known. 🌟
#HiddenHistory #JBLaFargue #BookTalkAndSigning #BlackHistory #KingBranch #LibraryPrograms #LocalHistory #PreservingOurPast 📖✨
🎬🍿 Calling all movie lovers!
Want to watch the latest movies without paying theater prices? Stop by any RPL location and grab a DVD list to see what’s new!
#MovieNight #LibraryDVDs #RPL #FreeMovies #MovieLovers
🎬🍿 Calling all movie lovers!
Want to watch the latest movies without paying theater prices? Stop by any RPL location and grab a DVD list to see what’s new!
#MovieNight #LibraryDVDs #RPL #FreeMovies #MovieLovers
🎆✨ Happy New Year from our RPL family to yours! ✨🎆
Thank you for making this past year so special—we’re so grateful to have shared it with our amazing community! 💙📚 We can’t wait to turn the page and make many more memories with you in the year ahead. 🎇
...📌 New Year’s Reminder:
All Rapides Library branches are closed and will reopen on Friday, January 2. We’ll be ready to welcome you back! 😊
💻 In the meantime, enjoy our digital resources anytime at www.rpl.org
Here’s to a bright, happy, and book-filled New Year! 🥂📖✨
#HappyNewYear #RPL #NewYearNewReads #LibraryLove #CheersTo2026 🎉📚
🎆✨ Happy New Year from our RPL family to yours! ✨🎆
Thank you for making this past year so special—we’re so grateful to have shared it with our amazing community! 💙📚 We can’t wait to turn the page and make many more memories with you in the year ahead. 🎇
...📌 New Year’s Reminder:
All Rapides Library branches are closed and will reopen on Friday, January 2. We’ll be ready to welcome you back! 😊
💻 In the meantime, enjoy our digital resources anytime at www.rpl.org
Here’s to a bright, happy, and book-filled New Year! 🥂📖✨
#HappyNewYear #RPL #NewYearNewReads #LibraryLove #CheersTo2026 🎉📚
📚👶Big dreams start with little books!
Read 1,000 books before age 5 and help your child build skills for school and life—all while having fun together!
Log your reading on Beanstack and watch the progress grow! 🌱
🔗 https://rpl.beanstack.com/users/sign_in
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#1000BooksBeforeFive #ReadTogether #EarlyLiteracy #RPLReads #LittleReaders
📚🔥 Calling all teens!
Need something to read? Need those AR points? We’ve got you! Stop by any RPL location and grab a Teen Book List to find your next favorite read.
#TeenReads #ARPoints #RPLTeens #LibraryLife #BookTokVibes
📢 Holiday Closure Notice 📢
🎆 All branches will be closed on New Years Eve, Wednesday December 31st, and New Years Day, Thursday January 1st in observance of the New Year. 🎇
🎉 Online services are always available at www.rpl.org.
💝 Wishing everyone a safe ...and Happy New Year! 🌟
#HappyNewYear #NewYear2026 #RPL
