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Adams, Char, author.

Black-owned : the revolutionary life of the Black bookstore / Char Adams.

New York, NY : Tiny Reparations Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]

©2025

289 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm

In Black-Owned, NBC News reporter Char Adams traces the powerful history of Black-owned bookstores as vital centers of activism, culture, and community. From the first abolitionist bookshop in 1834 to the hubs of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements--and today's new generation inspired by Black Lives Matter--Adams reveals how these spaces have fueled liberation through books, ideas, and collective action. Blending rigorous research with vivid storytelling, Black-Owned celebrates resilience, joy, and the enduring power of Black community spaces.

African American bookstores -- United States -- History.

African American bookstores -- Social aspects -- United States.

Social movements -- United States.

African Americans -- Intellectual life -- History.

African Americans -- Intellectual life.

Informational works.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-289).

Introduction -- First officer of the underground railroad -- A bookstore under siege -- Liberation could get you in trouble -- Books through rebellion -- Black books without black power -- The golden age of bookselling -- The early aughts and the Karibu bookstore chain -- The battle against gentrification -- A bittersweet racial reckoning -- A new generation of booksellers -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Books black booksellers want everyone to read -- Black-owned bookstores in the US by state.

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