Our Black Bookstore List
Courtesy of Troy D. Johnson
The Last Black Owned Bookstores Open in the U.S.
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
Alkebulan Images, Nashville, TN
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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