BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Terrace Avenue is home to a small library, catering to the reading needs of children in Old South Baton Rouge.
A small library that came to life through a grant given to Old South Baton Rouge Economic Redevelopment Group, says executive director of the nonprofit Britanny Marshall.
Books that cater to all types of children, especially Black children, said Marshall.
“They are able to see a likeness, a likeness of themselves in them,” Marshall said. “That is something that I believe is very important when it comes to children growing up learning and reading.”
But now for the second time, those books are gone, leaving the community uneased and saddened at the resources being taken away.
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Marshall said the first time the books were robbed, they were replaced by community advocate Johnnie Domino, but now they are gone again.
“We had those books once again …