Black Owned Bookstores across America

Arizona

Phoenix

Grassrootz Bookstore (@grassrootzbookstore)

California

Los Angeles

Lore Leimert Park (@loreleimertpark)

Malik Books (@malikbooks)

Reparations Club (@reparations.club)

Pasadena

Octavia’s Bookshelf(@octavias_bookshelf)

Oakland

Marcus Book (@marcus.books)

Sistah Scifi (@sistahscifi)

Sacramento

Underground Books (@undergroundbooks)

Colorado

Denver

The Shop at MATTER (@shopatmatter)

Connecticut

Stratford

Obodo Serendipity Books (@obodoserendipitybooks)

Florida

Miami

Roots Bookstore & Market (@therootsbooksandmarket)

Jacksonville

Cafe Resistance Bookstore(@caferesistance)

Tampa

Black English Bookstore (@blackenglishbookstore)

Georgia

Atlanta

44th & 3rd Bookseller (@44thand3rdbookseller)

Conyers

The Book Cellar (@thebookcellaratl)

Decatur

Brave + Kind Bookshop (@braveandkindbooks)

Charis Books and More (@charisbooksandmore)

Illinois

Chicago

Call & Response (@callandresponsechi)

Louisiana

New Orleans

Baldwin and Company (@baldwinandcompany)

Community Book Center (@readcbc)

Maryland

Baltimore

Urban Reads Bookstore (@urbanreadsbookstore)

Oxon Hill

Mahogany Books (@mahoganybooks)

Massachusetts

Boston/Roxbury

Frugal Bookstore (Boston’s oldest & only Black owned bookstore) (@frugalbooks)

Michigan

Detroit

Source Booksellers(@sourcebooksellers)

Flint

Comma Bookstore (@commabookstore)

Grand Rapids

We Are Lit (@wearelitgr)

Lansing

Socialight Society (@socialightsociety)

Minnesota

St. Paul

Black Garnet Books (@blackgarnetbooks)

Missouri

Kansas City

Bliss Books & Wine (@blissbooksandwinekc)

University City

EyeSeeMe African American Children's Bookstore (@eyeseeme_bookstore)

Mississippi

Jackson

Marshall’s Music and Books (the oldest operating Black-owned bookstore in the United States, established in the 1940s) (@marshallsbookstore)

Nevada

Las Vegas

The Analog Dope Store (@analogdope)

New Jersey

Newark

Source of Knowledge (@sourceofknowledge)

Plainfield

Cindelle’s Bookstore (@cindellesbooks)

New York

Brooklyn

Café con Libros (@cafeconlibros_bk)

Gladys Books & Wine (@gladysbooksbk)

Taylor & Co. Books (@taylorcobooks)

Bronx

The Lit. Bar Bookstore & Chill (@thelitbar)

New York

Sisters Uptown Bookstore (@sistersuptown)

North Carolina

Greensboro

Next Chapter Bookstore & Gift Shop (@nextchapter_bensboyz)

Raleigh

Liberation Station Bookstore (a children’s bookstore) (@liberationstationbookstore)

Oregon

Portland

Grand Gesture Books (@grandgesturebooks)

Ohio

Akron

Elizabeth’s Books & Writing Center (@elizabethsofakron)

Cleveland

ThirdSpace Reading Room (@thirdspacereadingroom)

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Hakim's BookStore (Philly's oldest Black bookstore) (@hakimsbookstore)

Harrietts Bookshop (@harrietts_bookshop)

Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books (@unclebobbies)

South Carolina

Goose Creek

Turning Page Bookshop (@turningpagebookshop)

Tennesse

Knoxville

The Bottom (@thebottomknox)

Nashville

Alkebu-Lan Images Bookstore (@alkebulanimages)

Texas

Austin

Black Pearl Books (@blackpearlbooks)

Dallas

Pan African Connection Bookstore & Resource Center(@pac_dallas)

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop (@the_dock_bookshop)

Virginia

Petersburg

Resist Booksellers (@resist_bks)

Portsmith

The Printed Word Bookstore (@theprintedwordbooks)

Washington, DC

Loyalty Bookstores (@loyaltybooks)

Sankofa Videos, Books, & Cafe (@sankofadc)

Solid State Books (@solidstatedc)