To honor Black History Month throughout the month of February, Goleta Valley Library Express will host an exhibit of photographs from African-Americans on the Central Coast: A Photo Essay (1993), collected and produced by the Black Gold System Advisory Board in cooperation with the Administrative Council of the Black Gold Cooperative Library System and System Administration.

 

The black-and-white photographs in this collection were borrowed from individuals within the Black communities of the counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura. To view the photos, visit the library during open hours at our temporary location, 6500 Hollister Ave, Suite 105 (entrance and parking lot face Los Carneros Way).

  Come see the beautiful images that local families contributed, spanning the 1910s through the 1970s.