Southern Prairie Library

Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
2024-05-31 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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 and 3 more dates

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!!

Beginning English Class @ 5:30 p.m.
2024-06-05 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-06-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-06-26 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-07-03 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-07-10 17:30 - 18:30
CLASES GRATIS PARA APRENDER INGLÉS!
FREE CLASSES TO LEARN ENGLISH !

Zumba Gold @ 4 p.m.
2024-06-06 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-13 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-20 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-06-27 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-11 16:00 - 17:00

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, 2024-06-27 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.
