The Roxbury branch of Boston’s public library system has a new name. The board picked Sarah-Ann Shaw, WBZ-TV’s groundbreaking Black news reporter who died in March 2024, for the library’s namesake. From now on, people will know it as the Shaw-Roxbury Branch.
“She would just want to encourage people to come to the library, to get books, to be literate, to share their love of learning and literacy, and, as importantly, to give their time and money to support programs at the library for the community,” said Klare Shaw, according to the Boston Globe.
Back in 1978, this spot opened by joining two older sites—Mount Pleasant and Fellowes Athenaeum. Shaw backed the mix while pushing hard for money to fund local learning and student aid…