The Calaboose African American History Museum will be celebrating Black History Month with educational events throughout February. All of the events are free and will take place at the historic Cephas House, which is across the street from the museum and located at 217 Martin Luther King Drive. This past Saturday, the museum hosted a “read-in,” which was an opportunity for people to sit together and read books that were graciously donated by the San Marcos Public Library in addition to the collection that is already at the Cephas House in the Dr. Skyller Walker collection.
Diana Garcia, a DeZavala Elementary teacher and Calaboose Museum board member, hosts the “read-in” each year.
Five winning essays were read by their authors who attend Rodriguez and DeZevala schools:
• Alicia Cerda
• Celeste Voileta
• Malcom Straubhaar
• Royal Hernandez
• Bailey Woods Jaqueline Miller — a local poet, author and artist — read a handful of her poems as well.
The Calaboose has many more lectures planned for this month. The rest of the schedule is as follows:
• Saturday, Feb. 15 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. — Oyster Creek Community: A San Marcos Freedmen Colony by Bobbie Shaw
• Saturday, Feb. 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. — History of the Mitchell Center on its 30th Anniversary by Kyev Tatum
• Thursday, Feb. 20 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Food Power Politics: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement by Professor Bobby Smith II
Above left, teachers that attended the event — Ms. Moon Hernandez, Ms Cruz, Ms Carol Fernandez and Ms Laing — along with their students. Above right, a collection of books brought to the event by the San Marcos Public Library. Photos courtesy of Calaboose African American History Museum
