{"product_id":"black-owned-the-revolutionary-life-of-the-black-bookstore-hardcover","title":"Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChar Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A November LibraryReads Pick** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLongtime 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlack-Owned\u003c\/i\u003e, Char Adams celebrates the living history of Black bookstores. Packed with stories of activism, espionage, violence, community, and perseverance, \u003ci\u003eBlack-Owned \u003c\/i\u003estarts with the first Black-owned bookstore, which an abolitionist opened in New York in 1834, and after the bookshop's violent demise, Black book-lovers carried on its cause. In the twentieth century, civil rights and Black Power activists started a Black bookstore boom nationwide. Malcolm X gave speeches in front of the National Memorial African Book Store in Harlem--a place dubbed \"Speakers' Corner\"--and later, Black bookstores became targets of FBI agents, police, and racist vigilantes. Still, stores continued to fuel Black political movements. \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 bookstores. Maya Angelou became the face of National Black Bookstore Week. And today a new generation of Black activists is joining the radical bookstore tradition, with rapper Noname opening her Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles and several stores making national headlines when they were overwhelmed with demand in the Black Lives Matter era. As Adams makes clear, in an time of increasing repression, Black bookstores are needed now more than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of vibrant characters and written with cinematic flair, \u003ci\u003eBlack-Owned \u003c\/i\u003eis an enlightening story of community, resistance, and joy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChar Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is a former reporter for NBC News and for \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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964727394605,"sku":"9780593474235","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/black-owned-the-revolutionary-life-of-the-black-bookstore-hardcover-6522108.webp?v=1775474107","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/black-owned-the-revolutionary-life-of-the-black-bookstore-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}