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Liberation is Lit
Liberation is Lit Columbia SC Liberation is Lit is a bookstore that aims to spark collective action for liberation and community building among readers and book lovers by promoting stories from inters...
Shop at MATTER
Shop at MATTER Denver CO An independent, Black-and-woman-owned design consultancy, letterpress workshop, and bookstore serving designers and other thinking persons in community.
Underground Books
Underground Books Sacramento CA Underground Books, founded in summer 2003 by St. HOPE (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit), anchors the 40 Acres Cultural Center in Oak Park. After the community lost its only libra...
Présence Africaine
Présence Africaine Paris FR Founded in 1949 by Alioune Diop, Présence Africaine is the world’s oldest Black-owned independent publishing company. Présence Africaine is best ...
People Get Ready
People Get Ready New Haven CT A place to purchase, trade, talk about, and fall in love with books, especially books for children, youth, and "reluctant" readers and books that might not be as easily f...
Left on Read
Left on Read Wichita KS Left on Read is your destination for discovering books by Black authors in the United States. As a Black-owned bookstore located in Wichita, KS, we are dedicated to celebrating...
The Book Cellar
The Book Cellar Conyers GA A Black woman-owned bookstore and café, our mission is to create a welcoming space where stories matter — especially those that reflect diverse voices and lived experienc...
Mahogany Gallery & Cultural Center
Mahogany Gallery & Cultural Center Rancine WI A premier art gallery, event space, bookstore featuring works by black American artists, and other artists of African descent.
Round Table Books
Round Table Books Brixton, London LN “Round Table Books is your source for books featuring stories about Black folks and other people of color.”
Lore Bookstore
Lore Bookstore Los Angeles CA Lore aims to be a hub for Black design and art, featuring everything from children’s books to candles and more. Lore is designed to be a gathering space for the c...
Official Connection
Official Connection Brooklyn NY Phone nd website are down Official Connection offers an incredible array of content. Featuring hundreds of books, videos, VCRs, bookmarks, incense, African masks, and ...
Knowledge Bookstore
Knowledge Bookstore Brampton ON Afrocentric Bookstore in Ontario featuring African-American, Canadian and Caribbean literature, dolls, figurines, shea butter, hair, beauty products.
Susie’s Stories
Susie’s Stories Rockport MA We’re a full-service bookstore featuring a highly curated selection of children’s literature, young adult titles, comics and Manga, and adult fiction and non-fiction....
Ancestry Books
Ancestry Books Minneapolis MN As of February 2016, operating as a reoccurring Pop-Up Shop at Juxtaposition Arts Textile Lab on the weekends. Co-founders Chaun Webster and Verna Wong have both had a l...
Strive Bookstore
Strive Bookstore Minneapolis MN In the center of downtown Minneapolis with a thriving literary scene, the Strive Bookstore is a community-informed space that celebrates and supports local Black author...
Black Wall Street Bookstore
Black Wall Street Bookstore Tulsa OK Powered by AALBC.com, the Black Wall Street Bookstore will operate out of the Greenwood Welcome Center, in the heart of Black Wall Street (corner of Archer Ave.), ...
AALBC.com’s Black Wall Street Bookstore
AALBC.com’s Black Wall Street Bookstore Tulsa OK Pop-up Bookstore Only Our mission is to share information and celebrate Black culture through books. We also run the Black Wall Street Bookstore.
Footprints Cafe
Footprints Cafe New Bedford MA “Footprints Cafe is a black, woman-owned, bookstore (coffee shop coming soon). Our bookstore is a space dedicated to diversity and inclusivity, where Black author...
Smith & Hannon Book Store
Smith & Hannon Book Store Cincinnati OH Since 2003, Smith & Hannon currently stands as the ONLY black-owned bookstore in the Cincinnati area. Located in downtown Cincinnati on Vine Street, the store i...
Afrori Books
Afrori Books Brighton BR British bookseller of the year 2023 & 2025. A haven for books by Black authors. Afrori Books, also cohosts the Brighton Book Festival
Nubian Nook
Nubian Nook Bermuda BM Nubian Nook is a house of knowledge and commerce. We offer enlightening books and Bermudian made products. Hours subject to change More about the store’s owner Rosheena ...
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books Philadelphia PA Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books is owned and operated by Dr. Marc Lamont Hill one of the leading intellectual voices in the country. His research fo...
Book Boutique
Book Boutique Atlanta GA Book Boutique is one of Atlanta's ultimate premier African American owned, multicultural bookstores. Co-owner Monique S. Hall is also an accomplished author
Janco Books
Janco Books Las Vegas, Nevada 89102 NV “I want this to be a community hub—a place that’s warm and welcoming…” —Christina Benton, Author and Owner of Janco Books
Liberation Bookstore
Liberation Bookstore New York NY “If you don’t know, learn.” … “If you know, teach.” Una Mulzac (April 19, 1923 – January 21, 2012), was the owner of Harl...
Nkiru Books
Nkiru Books Brooklyn NY Nkiru Books, a Brooklyn based institution founded in 1977, closed in 2002 (Photo Credit: Marcia Wilson).
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (NAAM)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (NAAM) Seattle WA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black mysticism, science fi...
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Distant Worlds Coffee)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Distant Worlds Coffee) Seattle WA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black myst...
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Chapter 510)
Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machine (Chapter 510) Oakland CA Find Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines (Seattle WA, Oakland, CA) Sistah Scifi is a cauldron of all things afrofuturism; Black mysticism, sci...
Roots Bookstore & Market
Roots Bookstore & Market Miami FL A Black-owned community bookstore in Miami’s Liberty City. They offer new and used books with a focus on banned, Black, and local authors. More than a bookstore, th...
Alkebu-Lan Images Bookstore & Gift Shop
Alkebu-Lan Images Bookstore & Gift Shop Nashville TN Alkebu-Lan Images Founder Yusef Harris Passed Away Nashville’s Center for African-American Books, Educational Materials, Gifts and Positive ...
Books and Crannies
Books and Crannies Martinsville VA Black woman owned bookstore with a wide array of genres and authors.
Kindred Stories
Kindred Stories Houston TX Kindred Stories is in a culturally thriving historic African American neighborhood in Houston, TX. Their mission is to create a community-centered space committed to celebra...
The Reading Shack
The Reading Shack Cedar Hill TX Independent black owned children’s bookstore for the culture specializing in African American Children Authors.
Food Temptress Cookbook Store
Food Temptress Cookbook Store Virginia Beach VA Located Inside Painted Tree Boutiques Space G10Our mission is to connect customers to cookbooks by Black authors that inspire creativity and preserve f...
Shrine of the Black Madonna (Atlanta)
Shrine of the Black Madonna (Atlanta) Atlanta GA The Shrine Cultural Center & Bookstore is a separate component of the church located next door to our sanctuary building. The Shrine of the Black Madon...
Black Food and Culture Shop
Black Food and Culture Shop Nassau BAH ’Black Food Bookstore & Culture Shop fills a longstanding void in The Bahamas and the community in which we are located by retailing, mainly, books that fo...
Black Worldschoolers Mobile Bookstore
Black Worldschoolers Mobile Bookstore Indianapolis IN We exist to provide access and awareness to Black stories worldwide while creating excitement and engagement around reading. Our one-of-a-kind boo...
Harriett’s Bookshop
Harriett’s Bookshop Philadelphia PA Named for historical heroine Harriet Tubman, our mission celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.
Willa’s Books & Vinyl
Willa’s Books & Vinyl Kansas City MO Willa’s Books & Vinyl specializes in used and rare African-American books, first editions, as well as the works of a wide variety of main-stream authors.
Ida’s Bookshop
Ida’s Bookshop Collingswood NJ Named for historical heroine Harriet Tubman, our mission celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.
Brown Sugar Cafe & Books
Brown Sugar Cafe & Books Katy TX Dope Books, & Delicious Coffee, What more do you need than that? Oh you want a Podcast Studio? Live Book Reading from New & upcoming Authors, Grown folks (Story Time) ...
Scribes and Vibes
Scribes and Vibes Conyers GA Pop-Up Bookshop and Community Arts Project offering an online bookstore with open mic nights, local author events, pop-up art shows, live music, and storytime concerts, pl...
Octavia’s Bookshelf
Octavia’s Bookshelf Pasadena CA Independent bookstore highlighting BIPOC authors.
Homeward Books Collective
Homeward Books Collective Tucson AZ “We are a worker owned, leftist bookstore located in Tucson, AZ! We sell new and used books, comics, and board games with a focus on queer & BIPOC authors, fo...
Body and Soul NC
Body and Soul NC Winston-Salem NC Located in the heart of the Arts District in downtown Winston-Salem, Body and Soul NC is four stores in one; (01) a book room with the latest and popular books primar...
Village Books
Village Books Atlanta GA Village Books is a welcoming independent bookstore offering a thoughtfully curated selection of books and merchandise for book and culture lovers. From bestselling fiction, no...
Darkly Rooted Books
Darkly Rooted Books Atlanta GA Opening October 1, 2026The premier destination for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror literature. Specializing in showcasing works by global majority authors, ensuring that div...
DC Bookdiva’s Mobile Bookstore
DC Bookdiva’s Mobile Bookstore Washington DC Our mission is to promote, publish, and market works of literature while providing exposure opportunities for new and established authors in the urban ge...
Black Garnet Books
Black Garnet Books Saint Paul MN A Black, woman-owned bookstore in Minnesota primarily stocking Adult and Young Adult contemporary literature by BIPOC.
Black Pearl Books
Black Pearl Books Austin TX Black Pearl Books is an Austin-based indie bookstore promoting--diversity, inclusion, equality, and community—through literature (located inside Ten Thousand Villages...
Rofhiwa Book Café
Rofhiwa Book Café Durham NC Rofhiwa is a Black-owned independent Bookcafé. Rofhiwa strives to reflect the expansiveness of the black imagination. We value books as repositories for collective knowle...
Black English Bookstore
Black English Bookstore Tampa FL Black English Bookstore is committed to a curated collection of books representing extraordinary voices while elevating a distinct culture and community.
The Reader’s Choice
The Reader’s Choice Milwaukee WI Wisconsin's only black-owned bookstore closes, leaving memories — and a void http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2017/07/08/lone-black-owned-bookstore-closes-leavi...
EyeSeeMe
EyeSeeMe University City MO Educational Products That Promote Positive African American Images The designated bookstore for Books N Bros.
Detroit Book City
Detroit Book City Lathrup Village MI Detroit Book City is a small independent brick-n-mortar bookstore. We sell new & used books including local Detroit and Afrocentric interests.Detroit Book City is ...
Harambee Books and Artworks
Harambee Books and Artworks Alexandria VA Harambee Books & Artworks, an independent bookstore based in Old Town of Alexandria VA, serves the Washington DC metropolitan area with a wide selection of be...
Ujamaa Community Bookstore
Ujamaa Community Bookstore Indianapolis IN Named after one of the seven Kwanzaa principles, Ujamaa (meaning “cooperative economics”), we value sharing space, knowledge, and resources. We b...
The Underground Bookstore
The Underground Bookstore Chicago IL How one Black-owned bookstore has navigated business since 2020 (WBEZ, Feb 19, 2025)
Black Stone Bookstore & Cultural Center
Black Stone Bookstore & Cultural Center Ypsilanti MI CULTIVATE THE MIND REJUVENATE THE BODY
Black Books Galore, Inc.
Black Books Galore, Inc. Stamford CT Unable to determine if store is still operational as of March 21, 2014.
Black World Books
Black World Books Killeen TX “The Cultural Epicenter of Central Texas”
The Black Reserve Bookstore
The Black Reserve Bookstore Lansdale PA Our mission is to give significant access to culture and also history that goes way beyond what we’ve typically learned. With this point in mind, we treat...
Onyx
Onyx Covington GA Onyx Bookstore is a Black-owned, woman-owned, unique and relaxing independent bookstore cafe, and supporter of local Black-owned businesses and artists. Serving the community with ex...
Socialight Society
Socialight Society Lansing MI Socialight Society is a local independent bookshop, celebrating Black women and Black literature. We curate classic, contemporary, and children’s titles predominate...
The Bottom
The Bottom Knoxville TN The Bottom stands as a multi-use place to foster change and togetherness. As a nonprofit community center and Black-affirming bookshop, The Bottom is building community, celebr...
The Analog Dope Store
The Analog Dope Store Las Vegas NV The Analog Dope Store is a Black woman-owned and operated business. We offer a lovingly curated selection of books and vinyl records centered in Black culture. Our b...
Black Expression Book Source
Black Expression Book Source Evergreen Park IL Unable to confirm store is open 2020-11-18
Schomburg Center for Research Into Black Culture
Schomburg Center for Research Into Black Culture New York NY Books Located in the Library's Gift Shop
Protagonist Black
Protagonist Black Pomona CA “…an independent bookstore specializing in culturally diverse books and cocktail pairings.”
Ersula’s History Shop
Ersula’s History Shop Tampa FL Black owned, woman owned collection of books by and/or about black people.
The North Star Books + Bar
The North Star Books + Bar Brooklyn NY At a time when Black stories and histories are under attack, The North Star recalls the elegance and striving of the Harlem Renaissance literary salons, providi...
Progressive Emporium and Education Center
Progressive Emporium and Education Center St. Louis MO Existing in various iterations since 1978, Progressive is the oldest continuously operated Black owned bookstore in the metro St. Louis region. S...
Shrine of the Black Madonna (Detroit)
Shrine of the Black Madonna (Detroit) Detroit MI As of September 2021, the Bookstore is temporarily closed, but will reopen.
Black Mind Book Boutique
Black Mind Book Boutique Brooklyn NY Unable to determine if store is still operational as of March 21, 2014.
Da Book Joint
Da Book Joint Chicago IL Da Book Joint is a Black woman-owned business born on the Southside of Chicago committed to literary growth and positive engagement of the youth.
Progressive Emporium & Education Center
Progressive Emporium & Education Center St. Louis MO Features hundreds of books on black/Afrikan culture, life, education, art and has many out of print books.
Akoma Books
Akoma Books Evansville IN We have been educating, empowering, and promoting cultural awareness through our unique selection of books, everyday products, programs, and services. Black literature with...
Mocha Books
Mocha Books Tulsa OK Online and local Indie Bookstore highlighting Black and brown voices, characters and stories through literature and community events.
The Jazzhole
The Jazzhole Ikoyi LOS The Jazzhole is a record store, bookstore, and Cafe. It was founded as an offshoot of the Glendora bookstore franchise founded by Tejuoso’s mother. Photo Source: Black Fab...
The Key Bookstore
The Key Bookstore Hartford CT The Key Bookstore is a fully interactive bookstore experience. The Key engages readers through curation, activities, subscriptions, events, events, and community engageme...
Reparations Club
Reparations Club Los Angeles CA Rep Club is a concept (book)shop & creative space curated by Blackness in Los Angeles, CA. Black-owned. Woman-owned.
Umoja Books and Products
Umoja Books and Products Lafayette LA The inspiration of Umoja Books resulted from the need of having an African American owned bookstore in Lafayette, LA. It started with offering books written by Af...
44th & 3rd Bookseller
44th & 3rd Bookseller Atlanta GA 44th & 3rd Bookseller is a family-owned, multi-cultural book and culture brand headquartered in the heart of Atlanta, GA. Founders, Warren, Cheryl, and Allyce Lee, est...
Reader’s Block
Reader’s Block Stratford CT Black Woman owned indie bookshop bringing culture to the community through books. Where people come for a cure.
Urban Reads Bookstore
Urban Reads Bookstore Baltimore MD We are a Black-owned and woman-led business. We sell books, Sea Moss, CBD, and have a cafe. Other services we provide are Notary, faxing, copies and internet cafe.
Kindred Thoughts Book Store
Kindred Thoughts Book Store Bridgeport CT Kindred Thoughts Book Store curates a cultural community connection focused on the Black experience