Celebrating Black History

The Kansas City Public Library celebrates Black History Month in February. Look for Black Cinema Week, a Black Inventors series, and more.

The 15th annual Black History Month booklet marks an ongoing collaboration among the Library, Black Archives of Mid-America, and LINC, highlighting six individuals who paved the way for others to succeed.

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Mapping Inequality

Donna Rae Pearson

Mapping Inequality
Sunday, February 23, 2025 2:00pm
Central Library
Historian Donna Rae Pearson examines the lingering impacts of redlining and urban renewal and how each promoted residential segregation in communities across the nat...
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Adults
Movie: 'BlacKKKlansman'
Central Library |
February 23 |
2:00pm
Teens
Sunday Game Spotlight: Super Monkey Ball Banana Ru...
Lucile H. Bluford Branch |
February 23 |
2:00pm
Adults
Bookmobile at True Light
Bookmobile |
February 24 |
9:30am
Seniors
Monday Morning Warmup
Southeast Branch |
February 24 |
10:30am
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KC-1940

In 1940, over a period of eight months, more than 58,000 images of Kansas City structures were photographed and assembled as the 1940 Tax Assessment Photograph Collection. View bui...
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Taxes

While Library staff are not tax professionals, we can help point you to useful providers and resources through our Tax Information handout.

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Library Catalog

Find and place holds on books, DVDs, CDs, and more! You can also use the Library's catalog to discover reading lists and staff picks, and rate and review the things you read, watch...
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