Library celebrates black authors and illustrators this week
Lawrence Public Library Storytime line up features African-American authors and illustrators for Black History Month. Youth services coordinator Karen Allen notes the focus on diverse stories. Selections include Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee, Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama, and Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner. The piece discusses underrepresentation of Black characters in children’s books and notes campaigns to diversify voices among publishers and readers.
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Storytime 3:30 p.m. opens Black History Month events
This week celebrates African-American authors and illustrators with Storytime at 3:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont St. A broader schedule is online at lawrence lib ks us. Additional programming includes Thursday’s Inspiring African Americans from 2 to 3 p.m featuring talks by Rosa Parks George Washington Carver Langston Hughes John Lewis and Oprah Winfrey.
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Lawrence library Friends donate $100K from book sales
The Friends of the Lawrence Public Library gave the library a $100,000 donation from 2016 book and media sales. Funds will support summer reading and programming, with $14,000 allocated for a concrete slab to ease book-sale operations and safety. The group plans two 2017 sales including a media sale of DVDs and CDs.
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Ex Wichita mayor to announce run for governor
Ex Wichita mayor Carl Brewer, a Democrat, is expected to announce a gubernatorial bid next year with stops in Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City Kansas. He served as mayor from 2007 to 2015 and has worked in government relations at Spirit AeroSystems since leaving office.
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