Southern Prairie Library

Beginning English Class @ 5:30 p.m.
2024-05-29 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-06-05 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-06-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-06-26 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago)
CLASES GRATIS PARA APRENDER INGLÉS!
FREE CLASSES TO LEARN ENGLISH !

Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
2024-05-29 19:00 - 20:00
Wednesday, May 29th — Rosa Parks (1913-2005)
Rosa Parks is often called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” She was an ordinary person who did extraordinary things and is well know for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She encouraged other ordinary citizens and youth to lift their voices for freedom. Rosa never expected to receive a national and global platform from which to speak, but the cause of freedom was most important to her.
Ms. Vanessa Adams-Harris is a Mvskoke (Creek) American Indian with African/Scots-Irish ancestry, educated in anthropology, and trained in theatre at the University of Tulsa. She is an artist, filmmaker, playwright, human rights activist and peacebuilder. She will portray Mrs. Parks.

Chautauqua Workshop @ 11 a.m. @ the Altus Public Library
2024-05-30 11:00 - 12:00
Dr. James Armstead – The Civil War Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution individually marked important milestones in American history and collectively served to satisfy the war aims of the Lincoln administration. These new freedoms changed American Society in so many unanticipated ways and set the stage for a living constitution that could be molded to meet the legal needs of a complex society, while the general citizenry remained unaware of the historic connections to slavery and a redefinition of our citizenship.

Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
2024-05-30 14:00 - 15:00
Vanessa Adams-Harris – Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
From the children here in Oklahoma with Clara Luper in Oklahoma City, a young Claudette Colvin who at age 15 refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, to the Citizenship Education Program throughout the south and its rural communities. Just who, what and where?

Zumba Gold @ 4 p.m.
2024-05-30 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-06 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-13 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-20 16:00 - 17:00

Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
2024-05-30 19:00 - 20:00
Thursday, May 30th — Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson (1912-2007)
Johnson served as First Lady of the United States (1961-1969) as the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson and had a front-row seat to many of the major events of the 1960s. Lady Bird was an unlikely but surprisingly influential civil rights activist. Born and raised in the deep South, she understood the seismic changes that southerners felt as their lives were upturned by the politicians in distant Washington. She worked to soothe their anger and demonstration how the end of segregation and the Jim Crow laws would improve their region economically.
Dr. Leslie Goddard has a Ph.D. in History and Women’s Studies from Northwestern University. She is an independent historian, author, lecturer and a nationally recognized historical performer. She will portray Mrs. Johnson.

Chautauqua Workshop @ 11 a.m. @ the Altus Public Library
2024-05-31 11:00 - 12:00
Rebecca Jimerson – Coretta Scott Kin and the “Freedom Concerts”
This workshop will present the storied history of the Freedom Concerts. Combining poetry, narration, and music to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement. Concluding with participants staging a Freedom Concert. Handouts to be circulated to workshop attendees.

Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
2024-05-31 14:00 - 15:00
Dr. Leslie Goddard – The Lady Bird Special
In October 1964, the Lady Bird Special train pulled away from Washington D.C. Over the next four days, the train carried First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson on a whistle-stop tour of eight Southern states to garner support for Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidential campaign in the face of fierce opposition to his civil right reforms. In this lecture, we’ll explore the story of the Lady Bird Special and how Lady Bird used the historic trip to appeal to the minds and hearts of her fellow Southerners while confronting the racism that still prevailed in the region she called home.

Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
2024-05-31 19:00 - 20:00
Friday, May 31st — Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)
Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights layer and activist his entire professional life. As head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, he acted as legal counsel on some of the most important cases in U.S. history and helped construct a legal strategy that desegregated America in the mid-20th century. His later government service of Solicitor General, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court shaped his brilliant career and defined the achievements of an Era.
Dr. James Armstead has a law degree from DePaul University, a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Pacific Western University and is a Professor of International Law and Public Policy. He will portray Associate Justice Marshall.

Chautauqua Workshop @ 11 a.m. @ the Altus Public Library
2024-06-01 11:00 - 12:00
Dr. Doug Mishler – The Supreme Court’s Role in American Life
We will cover not just the Warren Court but peruse a variety of Supreme Courts from the first of John Marshall up to the Robert’s Court today. We will explore how the Court has been called upon to decide cases that have an immense effect on American society and culture. From judicial review to civil rights, slavery, and voting rights, abortion, free speech, rights of the accused; just about every topic in American life has one time or another been affected by the high Court’s decision. This workshop will foster a very relevant discussion about the Court’s role in America today and tomorrow.

Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
2024-06-01 14:00 - 15:00
Dr. James Armstead – Plessy vis a vis Brown
The Supreme Court responded to the legal challenge against state sanctioned involuntary segregation in 1896 with an attempted social compromise using the tortured language of the separate but equal doctrine to support the status quo. This doctrine denied the intent of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and enabled the Jim Crow system of racial separation. Brown challenged this doctrine as an inherently unequal social system and not permissible under our laws of Constitutional protection.

Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
2024-06-01 19:00 - 20:00
Saturday, June 1st — Coretta Scott King (1927-2006)
King was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. Her activism started before her marriage, then complemented and influenced her husbands’ political work, and continued long after his death. Coretta’s musical background influenced her work and she kept music at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement.
Ms. Rebecca Jimerson holds degrees in Journalism (B.A. from the University of Oklahoma); and Mass Communications (M.S. from Oklahoma State University). She is an educator, cultural storyteller, performer, and playwright. She will portray Mrs. King.

Chair Yoga @ 11 a.m.
2024-06-04 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-27 11:00 - 12:00

Coffee Cup @ 10 a.m. w/ Sidney Thompson
2024-06-05 10:00 - 11:00
The Coffee Cup Bunch Friends of the Library welcomes award-winning author, Sidney Thompson at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5th, 2024, at the Altus Public Library, 421 N. Hudson.
Sidney will tell “the rest of the story” of the most feared U.S. Marshal in Indian Territory, Bass Reeves. Sidney is returning to Altus to present the final book in his trilogy “The Forsaken and the Dead” as well as tell us about his experiences in working as a consultant on the Pararmount+ “Lawman: Bass Reeves” miniseries. Thompson’s works narrate Reeves’ exploits in the world of the frontier that is now Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. This event is free and open to the public. We hope you will join us!!

Colored Pencils @ 6 p.m.
2024-06-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-26 18:00 - 20:00
Classes are held at the Altus Public Library (421 N. Hudson) from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Pre-registration and payment required. Registration closes 5 days before class begins. Class size is limited.
Register and make payment in person at the SAHC office, 123 W. Commerce (NBC Bank Bldg.), Suite 230, Tuesday-Thursday 9 a.m.-12 p.m., or by phone at 580-477-1616. Class fees are $35 per session.
Classes are open to all experience levels and are for adults and students ages 16 years and older.
For more information, please contact Christie Kidder at 269-720-8056.
