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Inspiring Understanding by creating occasions for the exchange of ideas, cultural experiences, and discovery…” Excerpt from the Library’s Mission, Vision and Values Statement
The Arlington Heights Memorial Library invites you to be a part of our vision to Inspire Understanding during Juneteenth and Pride Month. The library has created programs, book discussions, film screenings, musical performances, booklists and more for the exchange of ideas and opportunities to experience and discover more about our human similarities and differences. The library’s commitment to diversity and inclusion aims to cultivate an inclusive atmosphere, celebrate our diversity and create an environment for the open exchange of differing ideas and points of view. We invite you to join us at the library and around town for the following programs.
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June 19, 1865 is the day when the last enslaved people in the United States were told they were free in Galveston, Texas – two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. June 19 is now known as Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery and celebrates African-American freedom, culture and achievements.
Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad Tuesday, June 14, 7–8:30 p.m. Hendrickson Room
Join Connie Martin as she tells the history of her family who were slaves captured in West Africa and survived the Middle Passage. Martin will share the origin of the Underground Railroad and discuss famous abolitionists, slave routes passing through counties in Illinois, quilt codes and stitching used in hand-crafted quilt replicas sewn by Martin’s mother.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
SUMMER 2022
