Black History Month Reading Program
Black History Month Reading Program By Andrea Robinson | February 2, 2021 at 6:02 PM CST - Updated February 2 at 6:07 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) -Black History Month is here, and the Calcasieu Parish libraries are encouraging the community learn more by highlighting literature involving black history.
The Black History Month Reading Program encourages all readers to pick a book and honor the black experience during the month of February.
“Here at the library, our job is to promote literacy in any and all forms that we can,” said Jared Lessard, the creative coordinator behind the program.
Lessard is also the branch manager at the Vinton Public Library. He said he hopes to promote reading through education of black history. The program is set up to appreciate literature written by black authors or about black history in all genres.