Petworth
Neighborhood Library

The DC Public Library will be open during its regular hours on Thursday, March 7.

On Jan. 16, we successfully hosted the fun and fancy Petworth Kids’ Inaugural Ball.

During this special family affair, our young people created a mural, entitled “Dear Mr. President” containing their thoughts and congratulations for our re-elected Leader of the Free the World. Upon the children’s request, we mailed a letter and some event photos along with the mural to the White House forthe President’s perusal.

Much to our delight, the President took time out of his busy schedule to write back to the students!

On December 1, 1955, a shy, unassuming woman became internationally prominent.

Rosa Parks never intended to have one seemingly simple decision transform her life and history.  But because she couldn’t think of any reason to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, Martin Luther King Jr. was catapulted to the forefront of the nascent civil rights movement, and America was changed forever. 

Petworth Library currently has a display of books about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott, including:

“...go on out there and take back what them people took from you!”