A patron stopped
librarian Melanie Townsend Diggs on
Wednesday afternoon with good news: He had used a library computer to
apply for some jobs Tuesday morning, and before he even got home that
day, he had gotten a call for an interview.
A pretty typical moment for most librarians, Diggs says, except that
Tuesday morning, April 28, was no typical day. Just 12 hours before,
rioting had erupted across the street from the
Pennsylvania Avenue
branch of the
Enoch Pratt Free Library, when protests against the
high-profile death of
Baltimore resident Freddie Gray turned violent. As
a
CVS drugstore burned and the turmoil played out, Diggs kept her
patrons safe, quietly locking the doors and letting them out later when
the violence subsided.
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stayed open despite the danger. The PNC Foundation is now recognizing one of those businesses located in the hardest hit area.
