{"id":138362,"date":"2026-01-31T01:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/138362\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T01:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:26:16","slug":"leon-county-celebrates-black-history-through-achievements-and-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/138362\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon County celebrates Black History through achievements and contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fl \u2014 Leon County will kick off Black History Month with a timeline of events throughout February by honoring Black Americans who&#8217;s shaped their communities and the world through triumph moments, contributions, and achievements from the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System. <\/p>\n<p>The press release states that three <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.leoncountyfl.gov\/library\/Events-Exhibits\/History-and-Heritage-Months\/Black-History-Month\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thematic book lists and movie watchlists events <\/a>have been set and are forthcoming. Neighbors of all ages will have the opportunity to learn about different learning resources surrounding many inspiring women and men. <\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of reading workshops held at the library: <\/p>\n<p>African American Read-In: Saturday, February 7th, from 1:00-2:00 p.m., Leon County Main Library. This interactive event encourages literacy and celebrates the joy of stories and a music performance by the Rickards High School Swinging Raider Jazz Band. Virtual Author Talk:\u00a0The Conjuring of America\u00a0with Dr. Lindsey Stewart: Thursday, February 12th, from 2:00-3:00 p.m.Honoring the Ancestors of New Hope Cemetery: Thursday, February 19, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., Eastside Branch Library<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.leoncountyfl.gov\/library\/Events-Exhibits\/History-and-Heritage-Months\/Black-History-Month\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fl \u2014 Leon County will kick off Black History Month with a timeline of events throughout February&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,63522,5707,48241,502,1289,67486,232,234,233,106,67487,562],"class_list":{"0":"post-138362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-abc-27","9":"tag-achievements","10":"tag-black-americans","11":"tag-black-history-month","12":"tag-community","13":"tag-leon-county","14":"tag-readings","15":"tag-tallahassee","16":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","17":"tag-tallahassee-news","18":"tag-things-to-do","19":"tag-workshops","20":"tag-wtxl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}