The Birmingham Public Library’s Southern History Department will host Birmingham’s Bettina Byrd-Giles for a special presentation, “The Booker T. Washington Effect: Audrey’s Story,” on Tuesday, June 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Grand Commons on the first floor of the Central Library, 2100 Park Place.
The free public program will explore the extraordinary life of Audrey Bacon Byrd, a trailblazing educator and family matriarch whose journey connected the legacy of emancipation and the Jim Crow era to the modern civil rights movement.
Presented by her granddaughter, Bettina Byrd-Giles, the program traces Audrey’s family roots, educational experiences and lifelong commitment to teaching. Through family history, historical research and personal storytelling, Byrd-Giles will highlight how Audrey’s life embodied the transformative power of education, resilience and community leadership…