Separate but UNequal: The History of School Segregation in Montgomery County - Earn SSL! - In-person

Celebrate Black History Month! Discover your local history!

In Montgomery County, no Black high school was built until many decades after the end of slavery. Get inspired by these schools' incredible impact that improved Black education all over the South!

Teens, tweens and adults, celebrate Black History Month with free snacks and get inspired by discovering your local MoCo history, with Montgomery History Speakers Bureau's Ralph Buglass!

No registration! Drop-ins welcome! Earn SSL by helping us design library programs and helping with cleanup & takedown!

Education - denied to enslaved people - was one of the most important priorities of African Americans. But in Montgomery County, where slavery existed, public education was not available to Black children until more than ten years after it was established for white children. Even then, the practice of “separate but equal” schools was anything but equal, and no Black high school was built until long into the 20th century.

Get inspired by these African American schools and their incredible impact on Black education all over the South! A surprising number of these schools still stand in Montgomery County, including several built through a partnership between Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald - "the biggest philanthropist you've never heard of"!

Questions about this program? Contact Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library at 240-773-9420.

Looking for more fun things to do at MCPL? Celebrate Library Lovers Month at McGee Library with SMYAL's Friendship Mixer! Meet new people, play games, fun vibes! - In-person - No Registration!

Check out these library events happening around the county for Black History Month.

You don't need a library card to attend these events, but you should get one to take full advantage of MCPL services. Don't have a card right now? No worries! Find out how to Get a Library Card.

Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

If you plan to attend with a group of ten or more, please contact the branch at least one week before the program to discuss how your group might be accommodated.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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