Who is doing this?
The 2010 OBOC summer selection program is planned by a partnership of organizations who believe that themes and concepts contained in great books can powerfully alter lives. This year's summer-read initiative is being led and supported by Baton Rouge Community College, Barnes & Noble, Louisiana State University, Greater Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition, Forum 35, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Redstick Internet, Harper Perennial, and LPB. Media supporters include 225, The Baton Rouge Business Report, InRegister, Country Roads Magazine, and WRKF 89.9 F.M.
History of One Book One Community
In May of 2006, the Greater Baton Rouge's One Book One Community program was born. The program was introduced to the Baton Rouge area by multiple community partners.
Previous One Book One Community selections include:
| 2006 |
Life on the Color Line by Gregory Howard Williams
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
| 2007 |
Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City by Jed Horne
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury |
| 2008 |
Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza
A Lesson Befoore Dying by Ernest Gaines |
| 2009 |
Poor Man’s Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana
by Rheta Grimsley Johnson
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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