

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cookies & Acrostics: Celebrating George Moses Horton
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Celebrate Black History Month by exploring the life and work of George Moses Horton, an enslaved poet who was the first African American author to publish a book in the South. Not only did Horton achieve this historic milestone, he also sold poetry—just up the street—to UNC students in the 1800s.

Join other teens and learn about his life, read some of his poetry, and then create our own acrostic poems. After writing, we’ll get crafty with paper folding techniques to turn your poem into a beautiful keepsake.

Enjoy cookies and hot cocoa while connecting history, creativity, and community.

For grades 6-12. Registration required at ➡️ https://www.chapelhillpubliclibrary.org/event/cookies-acrostics-celebrating-george-moses-horton-28522
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chapel-hill/cookies-and-acrostics-celebrating-george-moses-horton/200029724752815
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, black-history-month
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.chapelhillpubliclibrary.org/event/cookies-acrostics-celebrating-george-moses-horton-28522?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=chapel+hill-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Chapel Hill
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, North Carolina 27514
- **lat**: 35.93213
- **long**: -79.03572
- **full address**: 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, North Carolina 27514

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Chapel Hill Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/chapel-hill-public-library/12808867)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, North Carolina 27514
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Chapel Hill Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, black-history-month
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Cookies & Acrostics: Celebrating George Moses Horton ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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