Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday

Join us in Room 100, 1st Floor, of the George A. Smathers Library for an OPEN HOUSE event in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from 2:30-4pm. Come meet our librarians and archivists and have light refreshments.

Materials on display from:

The Zora Neale Hurston Papers – literature and correspondence

The Jim Haskin Literature Collection – African American Biography

Performing Arts (Bo Diddley, Michael Jackson Thriller, Katherine Dunham. Normal Studio Movie Posters)

Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature

The Sherry Sherrod DuPree Collection – Gainesville and Local History

The A. Quinn Jones and Lincoln High School Collection – Education

University Archives – Education

Jimmy Carter Memorabilia – Political and Popular Culture Collections

Maps – Harlem Artists Guild/first Black woman to hold a directorship role in publishing, Louise E. Jefferson – sample work

Photography of Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo credit Library of Congress.