Information on Closed Bookstores
Honoring the legacy of bookstores that focused on Black books.
While these stores are no longer open, they played a vital role in our literary history. Please support the stores that remain open.
Liberation Bookstore CLOSED
131st Street and Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10027
Proprietor(s): Una Mulzac
Year Opened: 1963
Historical Notes
<p><strong>“If you don’t know, learn.” … “If you know, teach.”</strong></p>
<p>Una Mulzac (April 19, 1923 – January 21, 2012), was the owner of Harlem’s Liberation Bookstore for almost 40 years. She was active politicly and and Iconic bookseller. Her father, <a href="https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Hugh+Mulzac">Hugh Mulzac</a>, was the first African American ship commander and was named named a chief officer on the SS Yarmouth, one of <a href="https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Marcus+Mosiah+Garvey">Marcus Garvey’s</a> Universal Negro Improvement Association Black Star Line’s vessels.</p>
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