Black Owned Independent Bookstores
You’ve seen the lists of important anti-racist reading. Now it’s time to support black owned bookstores.
If you’re not used to shopping for books outside of Amazon, be patient. These stores are likely experiencing high demand and it may take some extra time to process your order.
Make a commitment to shop these stores in the future. Buy the fiction they recommend, buy gifts for friends and family, buy children’s books. Now, two months from now, and years in the future.
Bookstores
This list is by no means exhaustive - please seek out other stores that may not be on this list and leave links in the comments below. Thanks to Shoppe Black, Travel Noire, and African American Literature Book Club.
Scroll down to find stores that specialize in children’s books and comics, and a list of stores that have current GoFundMe campaigns for COVID relief.
Eso Won Books - Los Angeles, CA
Cultured Books - St. Petersburg, FL
Semicolon - Chicago, IL
Brain Lair Books - South Bend, IN
Frugal Bookstore - Roxbury, MA
Detroit Book City - Detroit, MI
Source Booksellers - Detroit, MI
We Are Lit - Grand Rapids, MI
Black Stone Bookstore & Cultural Center - Ypsilanti, MI
Cafe Con Libros - Brooklyn, NY
The Lit Bar - Bronx, NY
Sister’s Uptown Bookstore - New York City, NY
Harriett’s Bookshop - Philadelphia, PA
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books - Philadelphia, PA
Enda’s Booktique - Dallas, TX
Harambee Books & Artworks - Alexandria, VA
Loyalty Bookstore - Washington D.C.
Mahogany Books - Washington D.C.
Children’s Books
Ashay by the Bay - Vallejo, CA
Brave + Kind Bookshop - Decatur, GA
Eyeseeme - University City, MO
Liberation Station - Durham, NC
Comic Book Stores
Mind’s Eye Comics - Burnsville, MN
Amalgam Comics - Philadelphia, PA
GoFundMe Campaigns for COVID Relief
Marcus Books - the oldest Black Bookstore in the US - Oakland, CA
Black Stone Bookstore & Cultural Center - Ypsilanti, MI
Eyeseeme Children’s Books - University City, MO
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books - Philadelphia, PA
