Here are some free events to check out at the Birmingham Public Library, thanks to Chanda Temple for the round-up.
Other Brown Bag performances planned for this month at the library include:
The Alabama Movement
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, 12 p.m.
Five Points West Library, 4812 Ave. West
Enjoy an excerpt from Sixth Avenue Baptist Church's Annual Black History Concert, directed by Denna Wilkins.
Lawson State Community College Choir Concert
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, 12 p.m.
Arrington Auditorium, Birmingham Public Library, 2100 Park Place
Under the direction of Bessie H. Shelton, the choir will perform traditional and contemporary gospel songs and spiritual arrangements by famous African-American composers.
"The Ballad of Birmingham"
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, 12 p.m.
Arrington Auditorium, Birmingham Public Library, 2100 Park Place
Under the direction of Bobby Stringer, the G.W. Carver High School Choir will sing spirituals and traditional songs from the civil rights movement. The school's drama department will perform excerpts from the play "The Ballad of Birmingham,'' which is about the four little girls killed in the 1963 bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.
For a list of all of all of the library's civil rights-themed events for 2013, please check check out the PDF at
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