Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
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…
Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
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…
Chautauqua Workshop @ 11 a.m. @ the Altus Public Library
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…
Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
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…
Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
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…
STEM Monday @ 2 p.m.
Join us for a thrilling STEM adventure at your local library! Don't miss out on this opportunity to ignite your passion for STEM and connect with fellow enthusiasts! Tag your friends and spread the word. Let's make this STEM Monday one to remember! See you there!
Coffee Cup @ 10 a.m. w/ Sidney Thompson
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…
