Shreve Memorial Library to celebrate black history

The Mahogany Ensemble Theatre of Shreveport, LA has partnered with Shreve Memorial Library to bring the first Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition and Youth Leadership Award to Caddo Parish. They hope to make it an annual event.

    To promote the competition, actors from the Mahogany Ensemble Theatre will perform excerpts from famous speeches at Shreve Memorial Library branches. 

    Under the direction of Angelique Feaster Evans, the troupe of professional and student actors have prepared selections from speeches of the Civil Rights Era. Each performance will last thirty minutes.

    All ages are welcome to view the Moments in History staged readings at the listed Shreve Memorial Library Branches on the following dates and times:

Mooretown Branch        Wednesday, February 8^th @ 5:00 p.m.

4360 Hollywood Avenue

(318) 636-5524

Cedar Grove Line Avenue Branch               Thursday, February 9^th @ 5:00 p.m.

8303 Line Avenue

(318) 868-3890

Hollywood/Union Avenue Branch                 Friday, February 10^th @ 5:00 p.m.

2105 Hollywood Avenue

(318) 636-5520

West Shreveport Branch     Monday, February 13^th @ 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

4380 Pines Road

(318) 635-0883

Atkins Branch     Wednesday, February 15^th @ 5:00 p.m.

3704 Greenwood Road

(318) 635-6222

Broadmoor Branch             Thursday, February 16^th @ 4:00 p.m.

1212 Captain Shreve Drive

(318) 869-0120

Shreve Memorial Library Celebrates Black History

Contact: Ivy Woodard-Latin

(318) 226-4976 office

David Raines Branch  Friday, February 17^th @ 5:00 p.m.

2855 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive

(318) 222-0824

Wallette Branch          Thursday, February 23^rd @ 5:00 p.m.

363 Hearne Avenue

(318) 635-0883 

These programs are free and open to the public.