BPL 2025 Black History Month Spotlight: Avondale Regional Library

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 The Birmingham Public Library PR Department is spotlighting Black History Month programs happening at our libraries across the city during February. 

For more information on  Avondale's programs, call (205) 226-4000 or email Ellen Griffin about adult activities at Ellen.Griffin@cobpl.org or Carla Perkins about youth activities at Carla.perkins@cobpl.org.

Here is a listing of activities and programs happening throughout February at Avondale Regional:


All ages

Saturday, February 1-Friday, February 14

Black History Month Bookmark Coloring Activity

Color your own bookmarks featuring quotes by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks.   

Saturday, February 15-Friday, February 28

Black History Month Drop-In/Take Home Magnet Craft

Craft your own "Black History is World History" magnet This keepsake can be completed in the Avondale Library or picked up to take home. Available while supplies last.



Tuesday, February 18, all day

 Tuxedo Tuesday

Avondale Regional Library will be "Jazzin it up" all day for Tuxedo Tuesday. The library will feature music from this lively era, made famous  by the classic song Tuxedo Junction jazz legend Erskine Hawkins released in 1939 about Birmingham. Stop by and listen to the greats. Tuxedo Junction, an area in Ensley near the intersection of Ensley Avenue and 20th Street, was known as a social hub for Birmingham's Black community in the 1920s and 1930s. 


Youth programs

Scavenger Hunt: Famous Alabamians, Wednesday, February 5 - Saturday, February 22

There are tons of  mega-famous people who are synonymous with life in Alabama. Your challenge is to find the photographs of famous African Americans hidden throughout the Avondale Library Youth Department and match each champion with the statement that best describes him or her. 

Check each week to see who has been added. Finish the scavenger hunt and enter for a prize. The winner will be announced on Monday, February 24.


African paper beads.

Adults

Wednesday, February 26, 2:00 p.m.

Club Create: Black History Month Paper Bead Workshop

Paper bead making is considered one of the oldest crafts in Africa (see article on African paper bead making craft from Michigan State University).  It is still practiced today, providing a source of income for women, enabling them to contribute to their families and communities. 

Join us at Avondale Regional in learning to craft paper beads and create jewelry from them. Our Club Create workshops for adults feature a new craft project each week, with instruction and materials provided. 

By Roy L. Williams, P.R. Director|Birmingham Public Library
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