On Saturday, October 11, the Central Library is open to registered Heartland Book Festival attendees only. Regular services, such as hold pickups, public computers and phones, and public meeting rooms, will not be available.
Black History
Friday, July 11, 2025
The Library will house 'The CALL''s more than 70,000 photographs and mixed files containing research material, clippings, and ephemera....
Monday, May 12, 2025
Throughout May, the Library celebrates Malcolm X's life and work with reading lists, book groups, film screenings, and other programming....
Friday, February 14, 2025
In 2010, the Kansas City Public Library, Black Archives of Mid-America, and Local Investment Commission (LINC) started the Kansas City Black History P...
Friday, January 31, 2025
The Library continues a 15-year partnership with the Black Archives of Mid-America and LINC in celebration of Black History Month....
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make...