User:Lquilter/drafts/African-American bookstores


 * http://aalbc.com/blog/index.php/2014/03/31/54-black-owned-bookstores-remain-america/
 * http://aalbc.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/25/death-of-the-black-owned-independent-bookstore/

List
Pyramid Art Books & Custom Framing – Little Rock, AR

Zahra’s Books and Things – Inglewood, CA Eso Won Bookstore – Los Angeles, CA Marcus Books (Oakland) – Oakland, CA Underground Books – Sacramento, CA Marcus Books (San Francisco) – San Francisco, CA

DC Bookdiva’s Mobile Bookstore – Washington, DC Sankofa Video and Bookstore – Washington, DC

MeJah Books & Crafts, Tri-State Mall – Claymont, DE Ninth Street Book Shop – Wilmington, DE

Pyramid Books – Boynton Beach, FL Dare Books – Longwood, FL

Medu Bookstore, Greenbriar Mall – Atlanta, GA The Shrine of the Black Madonna – Atlanta, GA NuBian Books – Morrow, GA

Lushena Bookstore – Bensenville, IL Books Ink – Chicago, IL Da Book Joint – Chicago, IL Frontline Bookstore – Chicago, IL The Underground Bookstore – Chicago, IL Black Expression Book Source – Evergreen Park, IL Azizi Books – Matteson, IL Afri-Ware Inc. – Maywood, IL

The Wild Fig Books – Lexington, KY

Community Book Center – New Orleans, LA

Frugal Bookstore – Roxbury, MA Olive Tree Books-n-Voices – Springfield, MA

Everyone’s Place – Baltimore, MD Cartel Cafe & Books Store – Oxon Hill, MD

Shrine of the Black Madonna, Book Store and Cultural Center – Detroit, MI The Truth Bookstore – Southfield, MI Hood Book Headquarters – Warren, MI Black Stone Bookstore & Cultural Center – Ypsilanti, MI

Aframerican Book Store – Omaha, NE

African American Book Store – Hackensack, NJ

Becoming Gods Answer Bookstore – New York, NY Sister’s Uptown Bookstore – New York, NY Mood Makers Books & Art Gallery Village Gate Square – Rochester, NY

A Cultural Exchange – Cleveland, OH Black Art Plus – Columbus, OH Ujamaa Book Store – Columbus, OH

Reflections Coffee and Bookstore – Portland, OR

Big Blue Marble Bookstore – Philadelphia, PA Black and Nobel – Philadelphia, PA Hakim’s Bookstore and Gift Shop – Philadelphia, PA Horizon Books Inc. – Philadelphia, PA

Urban Expressions Bookstore – Memphis, TN

The Pan-African Connection Bookstore – Dallas, TX The Dock Bookshop – Fort Worth, TX African Imports Houston – Houston, TX

Positive Vibes – Virginia Beach, VA House of Consciousness – Norfolk, VA

The Reader’s Choice – Milwaukee, WI


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A & B Distributors — Brooklyn, NY A New Quality Book and Boutique — Plainfield, NJ Africa Enterprises — W. Memphis, AR African & Islamic Books Plus  — Cleveland, OH African American Books and Publishing  — Baltimore, MD African American Gift Gallery  — Knoxville, TN African American Gifts & Books — Wichita, KS African American Heritage Book  — West Palm Beach, FL African Artisans  — Baldwin, NY African Book Store  — Fort Lauderdale, FL African Heritage Books & Gifts  — San Francisco, CA African House Institute of Learning  — Jersey City, NJ African Marketplace  — Los Angeles, CA Afro Books  — Atlanta, GA Afrocentric Book Store  — Chicago, IL Afrocentric Books & Cafe  — St. Louis, MO Agape Christian Books Gifts and Music — Baltimore, MD Alkebulan Books  — Berkeley, CA Alkebu-Lan Images Bookstore & Gift Shop — Nashville, TN Amen-Ra’s Bookstore and Gallery  — Tallahassee, FL Arawak Books  — Hyattsville, MD Ascension Books  — Columbia, MD Asiatic the Soul of Black Folks  — Toronto, ON Atlantic Bookpost  — Reston, VA B.T.S. Unlimited Books  — Detroit, MI Baruti-Ba Books  — Dayton, OH Basic Black Books — Philadelphia, PA Bishari Urban Books, Phoenix Crossing Shopping Center  — ayetteville, NC Black Book Discounters  — Houston, TX Black Books Galore, Inc. — Stamford, CT Black By Popular Demand  — Hyattsville, MD Black Classics Books & Gifts — Mobile, AL Black Images Book Bazaar  — Dallas, TX Black Mind Book Boutique — Brooklyn, NY Black Orchid Books — Maiden, MA Black Spring Books  — Vallejo, CA Black Swan Books & Coffee  — Kohler, WI Blacknificent Books & More  — Raleigh, NC Blackprint Heritage Gallery  — New Haven, CT Book House Cafe & Gifts  — Benton Harbor, MI Books and Beignets Bookstore — Ridgeland, MS Books In Color  — North Highlands, CA Books in the Black  — Columbia, SC Books 'n Things, Cross Keys Plaza — Wichita, KS Books-In-The-Hood — Bronx, NY Bright Lights Children’s Bookstore  — Inglewood, CA Brighter Day Books & Gifts — Cincinnati, OH Brother’s Books  — Seattle, WA Carol’s Essentials Ethnic Gifts and Books  — Seattle, WA Carol's Books & Things — Sacramento, CA Celebrate  — Peachtree City, GA Creative Impressions — Newark, NJ Crescent Office Store  — East Orange, NJ Cultural Bookstore   — Chicago, IL Cultural Collections — Brockton, MA Cultural Expression  — Newport News, VA Cultural Expressions Bookstore — Clarksville, TN CushCity — Houston, TX D & J Book Distributors  — Laurelton, NY Da Book Joint  — Chicago, IL DARE Books & Educational Supplies  — Brooklyn, NY DeesBookNook Distributors  — So. Richmond Hills, NY Deja Vu Book Lounge — New York, NY Dorothea’s African-American Books and Gifts — Columbia, SC Drum and Spear Books  — Washington, DC Dygnyti Books  — Hamden, CT Dynasty Bookstore, Eastland Mall  — Charlotte, NC EDEN Books  — Hartford, CT Education 2000+ Bookstore  — Long Beach, CA Ethnic Elegance  — Jacksonville, FL Ethnic Image Books & More — Nashville, TN Ethnic Notions Bookstore — Benicia, CA Exhale African American Books & Gifts  — Sugar Land, TX Expansion Books — Huntsville, AL Faith To Faith Books   — Minneapolis, MN Forewords Books & Gifts, Located in Originations Gallery  — Ann Arbor, MI Freedom Now Bookstore  — Decatur, GA Gateway Bookstore — Jacksonville, FL Gene’s Books  — King of Prussia, PA Global Greetings International Gift Gallery — Lafayette, IN Haneef’s Bookstore and Mosi Art Gallery  — Wilmington, DE Hanna's Ethnic Bookseller — Claremont, CA Heritage Bookstore and More  — Rancho Cucamonga, CA Heritage House  — Charlotte, NC Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe — New York, NY Imagine This! Books Etc. — Memphis, TN Imagine This! Books Etc. — Memphis, TN Imoya Treasures, Inc — Rahway, NJ IronWood Corner  — Pasadena, CA Jamaicaway Books & Gifts  — Boston, MA Jokae's African-American Books — Dallas, TX Kana CDs & Books  — Columbus, OH Karibu Books (6 Locations) — Hyattsville, MD King Solomon's Children's Enterprise — Winston-Salem, NC Know Thyself, Bookstore and Cultural Development Center  — Philadelphia, PA Kongo Square Gallery  — Los Angeles, CA Kujichagulia Book Store — Paterson, NJ LaCeter’s Book Service  — Southfield, MI Liberation Bookstore  — New York, NY Ligorius Bookstore Inc.  — Philadelphia, PA Literary Sweets, Bookstore and Chocolate Shoppe — Columbia, SC Living Room Book & Pastry  — Greensboro, NC Lodestar Books  — Birmingham, AL Love Christian Book Store  — Orlando, FL Magnolia Tree Books — Laurel, MS Mahogany Books  — Detroit, MI Mahogany Books & Cafe — West Palm Beach, FL Mahogany Books & Gifts  — Fairfield, AL MasterWorks Books — Adelphi, MD Matais Books Cards & Art  — Long Beach, CA Mind & Soul Bookstore, Inc.  — Trenton, NJ MochaReaders  — Dayton, OH Montsho BookFairs, Etc., Inc.  — Orlando, FL Mt. Zion Kid’s Village, Little Angels Children’s Bookstore  — Jonesboro, GA Mutana Afrikan Warehouse — Atlanta, GA Nefertiti’s Books and Gifts   — Jacksonville, FL Netu Khisa Books and Gifts — South Orange, NJ Nimde Books  — Louisville, KY Not Just a Bookstore — St. Louis, MO Nu World of Books  — Beaumont, TX Off The Shelf African American Books  — Columbia, SC One Force Books  — Richmond, VA Our Black Heritage  — New York, NY Out of Africa, Windsor Park Mall  — San Antonio, TX Paperback Connection  — Oklahoma City, OK Paradise Book Store  — Peoria, AZ Peek-A-Boo Books II, Wheaton Mall  — Wheaton, MD People’s Books & Gifts  — Springfield, OH Phenix Information Center  — San Bernardino, CA PowerHouse Books  — Hopkins, SC Precious Memories Reading and Collectibles  — Richmond, VA Rainbow Books & Blooms  — Yorktown Heights, NY Reading Room Bookstore   — Chicago, IL Roots & Wings: A Cultural Bookplace   — Montgomery, AL Sacred Thoughts Bookstore  — Jersey City, NJ Sensational Minds  — Savannah, GA Sepia, Sand, & Sable — Baltimore, MD Serengeti Plains   — Montclair, NJ Shades of Sienna  — Oakland, CA Shrine of the Black Madonna — Houston, TX Sibayne — Baltimore, MD Sidewalk University  — Memphis, TN Sisterspace and Books — Washington, DC Smiley's, The Mecca of Information — Carson, CA Soul Source Bookstore  — Atlanta, GA Special Occasions  — Winston-Salem, NC Spirits Embodied — Pittsburgh, PA Stouffville Book Connection Inc  — Stouffville, ON Sweet Spirit Bookstore & Gift Shop — Oklahoma City, OK TDIR Books  — Columbia, SC Tenaj Books & Gift Gallery — Orlando, FL Tenaj Books & Gift Gallery  — Fort Pierce, FL The African Book Shelf — Cleveland, OH The Black Bookworm — Fort Worth, TX The Black Bookworm  — Fort Worth, TX The Black Library  — Boston, MA The Book House Café, LGBT Books  — Oakland, CA The Book Lovers Lounge  — Lauderdale Lakes, FL The Book Suite — Columbus, OH The Crowning Seat of Wisdom, Inc. — Madison, GA The Cultural Connection Bookstore   — Milwaukee, WI The Epicenter Bookshop-UIC — Chicago, IL The Heritage Center  — Vicksburg, MS The Know Bookstore  — Durham, NC The Living Word Bookstore  — Chicago, IL The Presence of Africans In the Bible Book Center  — Minneapolis, MN The Reading Room Bookstore  — Atlanta, GA The Roots Book Store, Inside of Tapers Hair Care  — Baton Rouge, LA The Tree of Life Bookstore of Harlem — Atlanta, GA Timbuktu — Cleveland, OH Timbuktu Bookstore — Norfolk, VA TLJ Bookstore - Prince George's Plaza — Hyattsville, MD TLJ Bookstore - Security Square Mall — Windsor Mill, MD TLJ Bookstore - The Centre at Forestville — Forestville, MD Too-No Books Etc.  — Moss Point, MS Treasures of the Mind Bookstore  — St. Louis, MO Tricia’s Books N’ Things  — Houston, TX True South Bookstore — Brooklyn, NY Truth Boutique & Bookstore, Eastland Mall #823  — Harper Woods, MI Tunde Dada House of Africa  — Orange, NJ Tunde Dada House of Africa, Green Acres Mall  — Valley Stream, NY Tunde Dada House of Africa, Woodbridge Mall — Woodbridge, NJ Two Friends Bookstore  — Atlanta, GA Uhuru Books — Saint Paul, MN Uhuru Books  — Minneapolis, MN Ujamaa Maktaba — St. Louis, MO Under One Roof Afrikan American Bookstore  — Killeen, TX Underground Railroad Reading Station Bookstore & Giftshop — Detroit, MI Urban Books On Wheels — Pleasantville, NJ W&W African American Art, Specializing in Books & Gift Items, Etc.  — Fayetteville, NC X-pression Bookstore & Gallery  — Indianapolis, IN Yawa Books  — Washington, DC Yehudah Inc.  — Teaneck, NJ Yoruba Book Center — Brooklyn, NY Zambezi Bazaar — Los Angeles, CA Zawadi Gift Shop  — Brooklyn, NY Zoe Christian Bookstore — New York, NY

Urban Books here in Memphis (both locations) Urban Expressions Bookstore, Memphis