The response of Missouri college presidents to desegregation in 1950 will be the topic of a Black History Month presentation Feb. 27 hosted by the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP). The presentation by Larry Gragg, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of history at Missouri University of Science and … [Read more...] about OHRC to host Black History Month presentation Feb. 27
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host an exhibit about the African American experience in the Ozarks during Black History Month in February. Entitled “African American Heritage in the Ozarks,” the traveling exhibit curated by the State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) will be on display Feb. … [Read more...] about OHRC to host ‘African American Heritage in the Ozarks’ Exhibit
Officials with the Friends of the Garnett Library will host their second of three special events this year “Celebrating Moments in Time” at 4 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. “The events are a series of speaking engagements to draw the community into the Garnett Library and see it as a space where everyone can be celebrated,” said … [Read more...] about Friends of the Garnett Library to host special Black History Month presentation Feb. 15