{"product_id":"black-owned-the-revolutionary-life-of-the-black-bookstore-char-adams-hardcover","title":"Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore -- Char Adams, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eNBC 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack-Owned\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates small businesses and their role in community building--and in liberation. Journalist Char Adams reports on how Black bookstores have always been centerpieces of resistance. This is a story of activism, espionage, violence, and perseverance. The first Black-owned bookstore was opened by an abolitionist in 1834. In the twentieth century, civil rights and Black Power activists started a Black bookstore boom nationwide. Malcolm X would deliver speeches at the doorstep of the National Memorial African Book Store in Harlem, a place dubbed \"Speakers Corner.\" Soon many bookstores became targets of the FBI and local law enforcement alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid these struggles, bookshops were also places of celebration: Eartha Kitt and Langston Hughes held autograph parties at their local Black-owned bookstore and Maya Angelou even became the face of National Black Bookstore Week. Now a new generation of Black activists are joining the radical bookstore tradition, with rapper Noname opening her Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles. And several stores made national headlines in the era of the Black Lives Matter movement. Today finds Black-owned bookshops in a position of strength--and as Adams will make clear, in an era of increasing division, their presence is needed now more than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePopulated by vibrant characters and written with cinematic flair, \u003ci\u003eBlack-Owned \u003c\/i\u003eis an enlightening story of community, resistance, and joy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Char Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tiny Reparations Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593474235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChar Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is a former reporter for NBC News and \u003ci\u003ePeople.\u003c\/i\u003e Her writing on race and identity has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The New Republic, \u003c\/i\u003e Oprah Daily\u003ci\u003e, Vice, Teen Vogue, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Bustle\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a proud Philadelphia native and now lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Char Adams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46961988534500,"sku":"9780593474235","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780593474235.jpg?v=1777227122","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/black-owned-the-revolutionary-life-of-the-black-bookstore-char-adams-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}