Henrico County Public Library is committed to engaging and inclusive programming and services year-round. We also observe commemorative months, which enable us to focus our efforts throughout the year on celebrating our diverse community. This February, library staff have planned a wide array of events for adults, children, and teens that recognize the enormous cultural contributions and civil rights achievements of African Americans for Black History Month. You can also visit your local library to peruse a Black History Month-themed display in February and find related reading and research material year-round at HCPL in print and online. Read on for a highlight of Black History Month events at HCPL.
For a complete list or events and their descriptions, please visit our events calendar.
Other ways you can engage with black history, literature, and culture at HCPL include:
- Joining our Black Authors Book Discussion Group at Fairfield Library
- Encouraging teens in your life to join the Diversity Club for Teens at Varina Library
- Visiting the Trailblazers Wall at Fairfield Library for interactive, multimedia biographies of black people who changed the course of history in Henrico, the state, and the nation
- Keeping an eye on our events calendar for regular programming about black history and culture.
Upcoming Black History Month events at HCPL
Classic Film Series at Fairfield Library
Feb. 3, Mon, 1:30 PM Their Eyes Were Watching God
Feb. 10, Mon, 1:30 PM Remember the Titans
Feb. 24, Mon, 1:30 PM Fences
The Black Film Canon at Libbie Mill
Feb. 3, Mon, 2:00 PM Straight Outta Compton
Feb. 4, Tue, 2:00 PM Do The Right Thing
Feb. 10, Mon, 2:00 PM Cooley High
Feb. 18, Tue, 2:00 PM Creed
Feb. 24, Mon, 2:00 PM Get Out
Feb. 25, Tue, 2:00 PM Boyz N the Hood
Revisiting the Founding Era Discussion at Varina Library
Feb. 4, Tue, 7:00 PM
Black History Month Trivia for Teens at Tuckahoe Library
Feb. 5, Wed, 5:00 PM
I am 400: The Art of Jerome and Jeromyah Jones at North Park
Feb. 5, Wed, 6:30 PM
Book Discussion: The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American History in the Old South at Twin Hickory Library
Feb. 5, Wed, 7:00 PM
Coretta Scott King Read-Aloud at Fairfield Library
Thursdays in February, 6:00 PM
VMFA Presents: Frederic Remington and the Buffalo Soldiers at Libbie Mill Library
Feb. 11, Tue, 6:00 PM
An African Culture Experience at Varina Library
Feb. 15, Sat, 2:00 pm
Petersburg Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen at Libbie Mill
Feb. 15, Sat, 4:00 pm
Teen Book Night at Varina Library
Feb. 18, Tue, 7:00 PM
African Tales with Dylan Pritchett
Feb. 19, Wed, 6:00 PM at Fairfield Library
Feb. 22, Sat, 10:30 AM at Twin Hickory Library
Feb. 22, Sat, 2:00 PM at Libbie Mill Library
Revisiting the Founding Era Conversation at Tuckahoe Library
Feb. 19, Wed, 7:00 PM
VCU Presents: School Desegregation in Virginia at Tuckahoe Library
Feb. 20, Thu, 6:30 PM
20 and Odd: Africans’ Arriva in 1619 screening at Twin Hickory Library
Feb. 21, Fri, 10:00 AM
Reconstructing Family: Post-Emancipation Records at the Library of Virginia at Sandston Library
Feb. 22, Sat, 10:30 AM
African American art at the VMFA at Glen Allen Library
Feb. 27, 6:00 PM
Bright Star Theater Presents: Black History Hall of Fame
Feb. 22, Sat, 10:00 AM at Sandston Library
Feb 22, Sat, 1:00 PM at North Park Library
Bright Star Theater Presents: Rosa Parks and Friends at Gayton Library
Feb. 29, Sat, 4:00 PM