Charleston library renamed in honour of shooting victim

The Cynthia Graham Hurd St Andrews regional library will honour memory of ‘a librarian’s librarian’

The library in Charleston managed by Cynthia Graham Hurd before she was killed in last week’s Emanuel AME church shootings is being renamed in her honour.

Hurd was one of nine victims who died during Bible study at the Charleston church on 17 June. Charleston County Council met on Thursday to vote on whether St Andrews regional library, where Hurd had been branch manager since 2011, should be renamed the Cynthia Graham Hurd St Andrews regional library. The motion was passed unanimously, according to the Post and Courier, which reported that Hurd’s family and friends had filled the front row of the council’s chambers as the resolution was read out.

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