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Found 5 Black-Owned Bookstores in NJ

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#1 Cindelle’s Bookstore

401 Watchung Ave
Plainfield, NJ 07069
Proprietor: Cindelle
Opened in 2025
Email: www.cindellesbookstore.com
Last updated: 2025-08-12
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#2 Ida’s Bookshop

734 Haddon Ave.
Collingswood, NJ 08108
Proprietor: Jeannine A. Cook
Opened in 2021
Email: info@harriettsbookshop.com
Last updated: 2021-08-20
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#3 La Unique African American Books & Cultural Center

111 N 6th St.
Camden, NJ 08102
Proprietor: Larry Miles
Opened in 1992
Phone: (856) 338-1958 • Email: launiquebooks@gmail.com
Last updated: 2014-04-30
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#4 Source of Knowledge

867 Broad St
Newark, NJ 07102
Proprietor: Dexter George
Opened in 1992
Phone: (973) 824-2556 • Email: sourceofknowledge867@yahoo.com
Last updated: 2022-06-15
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#5 The Little Boho Bookstore

164a Broadway
Bayonne, NJ 07002
Proprietor: Sandra Dear & Rod Johnson
Opened in 2017
Phone: 2012584499 • Email: info@thelittlebohobookshop.com
Last updated: 2020-06-20

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