BROWARD COUNTY, FL - Broward County Library offers free Black history classes beginning mid-October 2023, meeting Saturdays at various library locations including Dania Beach Paul DeMaio Branch, North Lauderdale Saraniero Branch, South Regional/Broward College Library, Hollywood Branch, Pompano Beach Library, and the originating branch, African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC), 2650 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, 954-357-6282.

Middle school students and high school students, grades 8 through 12, and their parents are invited to attend The Black History Project, Inc., in partnership with Broward County Libraries, which has launched the Black History Education Saturday School. Through interactive lesson plans, tours, excursions and enriching activities, the program aims to inform and empower students. 

This program offers a unique and comprehensive curriculum that spans critical periods in Black history ranging from American slavery, the transformative Civil War, strides of the Civil Rights Movement, the revolutionary Black Panther Movement, and the contemporary Black Lives Matter movement.

This series is being offered to provide an alternative to the instruction of Black history in Florida's public schools. For more information on program details, registration, and schedules, please visit blackhistoryproject.org or call 407-243-8184.

For questions about the series, including becoming a financial sponsor/donor, please contact Tameka Hobbs at 954-357-6149 or thobbs@broward.org. This educational series is generously funded by Executive Leadership Council, the TJ Reddick Bar Association and the New Era Masonic Lodge No. 69 PHO.