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The Rule of Rum

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adults
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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, Other
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Even if you don’t drink rum, this is a worthwhile history. Learn when rum arose and where, how pirates got involved, how run helped unite the 13 Colonies, and how it became one of the issues that sparked the American Revolution.

Great Migration

6:30pm–7:30pm
Teens, Adults
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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: History
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Spend the evening with Dr. Daniel Davis, celebrating Black History Month by discussing the Great Migration and its impact on Chicago.  

An Unfinished Journey: African American Music in its Pivotal Decades

6:30pm–7:30pm
All
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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: All
Program Type: History, Music
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Musician and historian Clarence Goodman will perform and discuss the history of where, when and how the collective African American voice truly began to resound in honor of Black History Month.