All Library locations will be closed Monday, September 7 for Labor Day.
Black History
Friday, July 11, 2025
The Library will house 'The CALL''s more than 70,000 photographs and mixed files containing research material, clippings, and ephemera.
Monday, May 12, 2025
Throughout May, the Library celebrates Malcolm X's life and work with reading lists, book groups, film screenings, and other programming.
Friday, February 14, 2025
In 2010, the Kansas City Public Library, Black Archives of Mid-America, and Local Investment Commission (LINC) started the Kansas City Black History Project to highlight the stories of area residents during Black History Month.
Friday, January 31, 2025
The Library continues a 15-year partnership with the Black Archives of Mid-America and LINC in celebration of Black History Month.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make The Kansas City Call one of the most important African-American newspapers in the nation. During July, The Library celebrates Bluford’s impact on t...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Lucile Bluford – namesake of the Library's L.H. Bluford Branch – was a local civil rights leader and helped make The Kansas City Call one of the most important African-American newspapers in the nation. During July, The Library celebrates Bluford’s impact on t...