Calendar of Events
St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Black History Celebration Presents Acclaimed Historian
Matthew F. Delmont
Monday, February 2, 2026
7:00 p.m.
ST. Louis County Library - Clark Family Branch
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131-3598
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Author of “Until the Last Gun is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul”
Presented in Partnership with the Westfall Politics & History Series and the Missouri Historical Society
Civil rights historian and award-winning author Matthew Delmont presents the untold story of the Black patriots–from soldiers in combat to peace protestors–who ended the Vietnam War. As the civil rights movement blazed through America, more than 300,000 Black troops were drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. These soldiers, often from disadvantaged backgrounds and subjected to the brutalities of racism back home, found themselves thrust onto the frontlines of a war many saw as unjust. On the homefront, Black antiwar activists faced another battle: Opposition to the Vietnam War jeopardized the fight for civil rights. For Black Americans, the Vietnam War forced a generation to question what it truly meant to fight for justice.
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St. Louis County Library’s Black History Celebration Presents the 2026 Frankie Freeman Inspirational Lecture
Friday, February 6, 2026
7:00 p.m.
ST. Louis County Library - Clark Family Branch
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131-3598
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Vivian Gibson, Author of “The Last Children of Mill Creek” and Gwen Moore, Curator of the Missouri History Museum Exhibit “Mill Creek: Black Metropolis”
Presented in partnership with the Missouri Historical Society and Ameren
2026 Black History Month Presenting Sponsor
From its origin at the turn of the 20th century to its destruction in 1959 in the name of urban renewal, Mill Creek Valley was a center for Black life in St. Louis. Vivian Gibson grew up in Mill Creek Valley. Her moving memoir, “The Last Children of Mill Creek,” depicts the families, friends, shop owners, church ladies, teachers, and others who made Mill Creek into a warm, tight-knit African-American community. Gibson will be joined in conversation by Gwen Moore, curator of the Missouri History Museum's exhibition, "Mill Creek: Black Metropolis."
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St. Louis County Library’s Black History Celebration Presents An Evening with Veteran News Correspondent Deborah Roberts
Thursday, February 19, 2026
6:00 p.m.
ST. Louis County Library - Clark Family Branch
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131-3598
Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
Presented in Partnership with Ameren - 2026 Black History Celebration Presenting Sponsor
Veteran ABC News correspondent and 20/20 co-anchor, Deborah Roberts shares a celebration of sisterhood, featuring more than 50 personal stories by Viola Davis, Jenna Bush Hager, Octavia Spencer, and many more. Beacons of support, understanding, and love, sisters are there for us through it all. But how often do we step back from our busy lives to acknowledge what they truly mean to us? In “Sisters Loved and Treasured,” Roberts curates a collection of conversations, meditations, and anecdotes from her own sisters, celebrity friends and everyday people alike who share deeply personal accounts of how their relationships as sisters shaped their lives.
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