Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist and author who lived a miserable life as a slave, serving several masters throughout New York before escaping to freedom in 1826. After gaining her freedom, Truth became a Christian and, at what she believed was God’s urging, preached about abolitionism and equal rights…
NEW MUSIC!!
Tisha George joins the Homewood Public Library family as our newest staff member! Tisha is working part time in our Adult Department, where she can put all her library experience to perfect use. We wanted you to get to know Tisha with some silly Q&As. Feel free to say hello when you see her in…
January is the perfect time to curl up with a good book and we have tons of new ones for you! Take a look at the books we are super excited about this January. Interested in reserving a title? Simply click on the title to be redirected to our online catalog. One of Us is Next: The Sequel…
If you don’t know anything else about Martin Luther King Jr., you are definitely familiar with Dr. King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech that was spoken to millions of people at the March of Washington on August 28th, 1963. His speech became the catapult to bring about justice and equality for African Americans during…
“Sustaining and enhancing the dignity, capacity and welfare of the human person, in relation to others and to nature, should be the fundamental purpose of education in the twenty-first century.”
