Exposition Park – Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library

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Dist. 8 Councilman Bernard C. Parks cuts the red ribbon August 18 at the grand opening of the new Exposition Park – Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library, the First Eco-Friendly “Green” Library in South Los Angeles. Parks was joined by about 500 community members and (from left) Irma Jenkins, President, National Council of Negro Women-SGV; Rita Walters, Library Commissioner; Bishop Roy Petitt. Miracle Center Apostolic Church; Dr. Julie Mendoza, Library Board President; Fontayne Holmes, City Librarian; Gary Lee Moore, City Engineer; Robert A. Chick, Library Commissioner; and James Caldwell, Jr., DWP Vice President of Environmental Affairs.

   
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa listens to the Foshay Learning Center choir sing “Shine,” a song dedicated to him and other city leaders at the August 18 grand opening of the new Exposition Park – Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library, the First Eco-Friendly “Green” Library in South Los Angeles.

   
Dist. 8 Councilman Bernard C. Parks poses with members of the San Gabriel Valley National Council of Negro Women at the grand opening of the new Exposition Park – Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library, the First Eco-Friendly “Green” Library in South Los Angeles. The library was renamed in 1973 in honor of Bethune, an educator, racial justice activist, advisor to U.S. President Herbert Hoover and founder of the NCNW.

More than 500 people attended the grand opening of the new Exposition Park – Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library, the First Eco-Friendly “Green” Library in South Los Angeles. The 14,500-square-foot branch will be open seven days a week to the public.