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Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
By Char Adams
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By Char Adams
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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller
Exploring Black bookstores through historical and social lenses, as well as vital spaces for uplifting Black voices, Char Adams reveals the revolutionary role of Black-owned bookshops.
**ABA Indies Choice Book Awards Winner**
**Black Caucus American Library Association Nonfiction Award Winner**
**L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist**
**A November LibraryReads Pick**
Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.
In Black-Owned, Char Adams celebrates th...
**Black Caucus American Library Association Nonfiction Award Winner**
**L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist**
**A November LibraryReads Pick**
Longtime NBC News reporter Char Adams writes a deeply compelling and rigorously reported history of Black political movements told through the lens of Black-owned bookstores, which have been centers for organizing from abolition to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter.
In Black-Owned, Char Adams celebrates th...
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