{"id":106592,"date":"2022-02-08T15:37:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T23:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=106592"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:37:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T23:37:19","slug":"palmdale-city-library-hosts-black-history-month-essay-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/02\/08\/palmdale-city-library-hosts-black-history-month-essay-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale City Library hosts Black History Month essay contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-history-month.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106594\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-history-month.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-history-month.jpg 792w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-history-month-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-history-month-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale City Library will host a free essay contest for youths in grades six through 12 in celebration of <em><strong>Black History Month<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Essays should be limited to three pages or less and must be submitted by Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Submissions can be emailed to pcl@cityofpalmdale.org, or dropped off at the front desk at the Library, located at 700 East Palmdale Boulevard.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1980492210\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>There will be two categories for submissions: sixth through eighth grade, and ninth through 12th grade. Prizes will be awarded for the top three submissions in each category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great opportunity for youth to creatively express what Black History Month means to them by celebrating the many important people and accomplishments of the African American community,\u201d said Library Director Robert Shupe.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Black History Month essay contest, call the Palmdale City Library at 661-267-5600 or TDD 267-5167, or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofpalmdale.org\/318\/Palmdale-City-Library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Palmdale City Library is open seven days a week. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale City Library will host a free essay contest for youths in grades six through 12 in celebration of Black History Month. Essays should be limited to three pages or less and must be submitted by Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Submissions can be emailed to pcl@cityofpalmdale.org, or dropped off at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106595,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106592\/revisions\/106595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}