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WLRN Public Media | By Sofia Zarran

This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with Miami’s Community News. Read more at WLRN.org .

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 grou

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