Inside Liberty City’s only bookstore, a large mural of a bespectacled Black man dominates the space and reminds the owners of a revered friend and brother who dreamed of promoting literacy and community together under one roof.
“This is like the fruition of that dream,” said Isaiah Thomas, co-owner of Roots Bookstore & Market, in speaking about his late friend, Danny Agnew, who died two years ago in a car accident at the age of 34.
Agnew was a prominent local businessman and activist who helped lead the group Dream Defenders, a local group of social justice activists founded in 2012 following the killing of Treyvon Martin…