Pic of the Day: Dr. Phyllis Byrd, assistant principal at Ballou SHS, reads from a book written by an African-American author Monday during the African-American Read-In at Ballou. Among authors invited to read were Dawayne Williams, Allyson Criner, Sonsyrea Tate, Charisse Carney-Nunes and Stanice Anderson.

Pic of the Day: Dr. Phyllis Byrd, assistant principal at Ballou SHS, reads from a book written by an African-American author Monday during the African-American Read-In at Ballou. Among authors invited to read were Dawayne Williams, Allyson Criner, Sonsyrea Tate, Charisse Carney-Nunes and Stanice Anderson.