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Lady Bird Johnson - Betty Boyd Caroli

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

Lady Bird Johnson was no mere White House photo prop. The former Claudia Taylor once was described by husband Lyndon Johnson as “the brains and mon...

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Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten

Movie: 'Tulsa The Fire and the Forgotten'

Thursday, May 23, 2024 1:00pm

Southeast Branch

In Person

One hundred years after the destruction of the Black-owned Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in...

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Durwood Film Vault

Movie: 'Car Wash'

Thursday, June 27, 2024 1:00pm

Southeast Branch

In Person

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens o...

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Durwood Film Vault

Movie: 'American Violet'

Thursday, July 11, 2024 1:00pm

Southeast Branch

In Person

This film is based on a true story. Dee Roberts is a young black woman raising four daughters with the help of her mother in an all-black housing p...

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Durwood Film Vault

Movie: 'Shooting Back in Time Union Station Massacre'

Thursday, June 13, 2024 1:00pm

Southeast Branch

In Person

As lawmen escort escaped convict Frank Nash through the East doors of the Union Station to a car to be driven back to Leavenworth Penitentiary, the...

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Durwood Film Vault

Movie: 'Book of Clarence'

Thursday, July 25, 2024 1:00pm

Southeast Branch

In Person

Struggling to find a better life, Clarence is captivated by the power of the rising Messiah and soon risks everything to carve a path to a divine e...

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Durwood Film Vault

Movie: 'Bob Marley One Love'

Thursday, August 8, 2024 1:00pm

Southeast Branch

In Person

Celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, disc...

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Martha Jefferson Randolph

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph was well educated, known on two continents...

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Edith Kermit Roosevelt

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 6:30pm

Plaza Branch

Aristocratic and sophisticated, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, the wife of Theodore Roosevelt, ran the White House with a sure hand and figured prominently i...

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