Rock Island Public Library

Family Homecoming: A Juneteenth Event

5 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Rock Island Main Library Community Room

Where did your family move from? For many black families, the answer is the South. Join us for the third event in our Civil Rights & Family Memories series with a program about family migrations and traditions. See a short demo on using library tools to research your family and learn how to remake Southern family favorite recipes with chef Eudell Watts, III  Stay for a showing of "Goin' to Chicago," a short film about family migration. Guests can also sign up to share their own stories for the Afro-American Heritage Center's "Memoirs of Mississippi" project. Free!