Featured will be Sparky and Rhonda Rucker in a program that includes songs and storytelling about American folk traditions.

Sparky has been performing for over 40 years and is internationally recognized as a leading folklorist, musician, historian, storyteller and author. Rhonda is an accomplished harmonica, piano, banjo and bones player and adds vocal harmonies to their songs.

Also featured will be St. Augustine poet Jennifer Perkins, who has been writing poetry since age 7. Perkins has performed at Jacksonville's Kuumba Festival and the Lincolnville Festival.

The program will feature history, literature, music and poetry, according to Ann Bostwick, branch president. "Each February endeavor to present interesting and enlightening programs to offer to the public at large and our membership in celebration of African-American History Month."

This year's program will feature Dr. Patricia C. Griffin, a longtime St. Augustine resident and historian. She will discuss her second book, "The Odyssey of an African Slave: Sitiki/Uncle Jack."

Also featured will be organist Linda McGlockling, Harold E. Lewis, minister and historian; and Roselyn Y. Cole, MSW, minister and poet. Dr. Dorothy Israel and Vernelle Poole, members of the St. Augustine Branch, are co-chairing the program.

The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Call 461-6690.

Keynote speaker will be Lennox S. Hinds, professor of law and former chair of the administration of justice program, Rutgers University. He was a Charles H. Revson Fellow, Center for Legal Education and Urban Policy, City College of New York, and he is a criminal defense and international human rights lawyer. Hinds will discuss Cuba's contribution to the independence of Southern Africa.

Panel members will include Dr. Susan Greenbaum, University of South Florida; Maura Barrios, M.A., West Tampa Council on Arts, Cultures, History; Dr. Raphael Jackson, BBC; and Dr. Alberto Jones, CACF.

Admission is free, but donations are encouraged.

For information, call (386) 446-4921; or (386) 793-5887.

At 10:30 a.m., a ceremony to honor Black History Month, will feature guest speaker Sharon D. Eller, director of the office of civil rights for the U.S. Department of the Interior. That will be in the courtyard.

Old Town Trolley Tours will provide free trolley service between the fort parking lot and Fort Mose for those who wish to explore the site and learn about its future.

Trolley service continues from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Fort Mose was a haven for runaway slaves from the English colonies to the north. They came south to La Florida to gain freedom through Spanish citizenship, and Fort Mose was established by the Spanish Crown in 1738, becoming the first legally sanctioned free black settlement in North America.

Saturday's program is being sponsored by the National Park Service, the Florida Park Service. Fort Mose Historical Society, Eastern National and Old Town Trolley Tours.

Featured will be a variety of acts, and refreshments will be served. For information, call 347-3588, 829-8612 or 377-7074.

The schedule includes:

Feb. 13 -- Main Branch, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 15 -- Bartram Trail Branch, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 17 -- Hastings Branch, 1 p.m.

Feb. 21 -- Ponte Vedra Beach, 6:30 p.m.

In addition, at the Hastings Branch a special display spotlights the contributions African Americans have made to the world. The display honors and pays tribute to African American poets, authors, artists, inventors, political leaders and social activities. The display changes daily.