Black Bookstores

ARKANSAS

Pyramid Art Books & Custom Framing  
Little Rock, AR


CALIFORNIA

Ashay By the Bay      
Vallejo, CA


Carol’s Books
Sacramento, CA


Chukaruka      
Fontana, CA


The Collective Oakland      
Oakland, CA


D3 Comic Book Spot 
Richmond, CA


Eclectuals      
Lakewood, CA


Eso Won Bookstore    
Los Angeles, CA


Legendary Coffee and Books  
Stockton, CA


Malik Books      
Los Angeles, CA


Marcus Books    
Oakland, CA


Moments Cooperative and Community Space  
Oakland, CA


The Multicultural Children’s Bookstore      
Richmond, CA

 

Old Capitol Books    
Monterey, CA


Reparations Club      
Los Angeles, CA


The Salt Eaters Bookshop  
Los Angeles, CA


Shades of Afrika      
Long Beach, CA & Corona, CA

 

Underground Books  
Sacramento, CA


Word of Life Christian Bookstores    
Los Angeles, CA


COLORADO

Shop at Matter    
Denver, CO


Connecticut

Burgundy Books    
Old Saybrook, CT


Key Bookstore      
Hartford, CT


People Get Ready      
New Haven, CT


DELAWARE

Balanced Books  


Books & Bagels  

Wilmington, DE


MeJah Books Inc.    
Claymont, DE

 

 

District of Columbia

Charnice Milton Community Bookstore  
Washington, DC


Loyalty Books    
Washington, DC


Mahogany Books      
Washington, DC


Sankofa Video, Books, & Cafe      
Washington, DC


Soaring Kite Books  


Solid State Books      
Washington, DC


Florida

Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature & Culture Museum  
Tampa, FL


Cultured Books    
St. Petersburg, FL


DARE Books      
Longwood, FL


Eden Books      
Chiefland, FL


Essence of Knowledge – Urban Book Store    
Cocoa, FL


Pyramid Books      
Boynton Beach, FL


Sankofa Essential Books      
Tallahassee, FL

 

 

Georgia

All Things Inspiration Giftique      
Mableton, GA


Black Dot Cultural Center and Bookstore  
Lithonia, GA


Book Boutique    
Atlanta, GA


The Book Worm Bookstore    
Powder Springs, GA


Brave + Kind Bookshop    
Decatur, GA


Covenant Christian Bookstore    
Lilburn, GA


For Keeps Bookstore  
Atlanta, GA


Good Books  
Atlanta, GA


The Listening Tree      
Decatur, GA


Medu Bookstore    
Atlanta, GA


Nubian Bookstore
Morrow, GA

 

Onyx Bookstore Café

Covington, GA

 

Scribes & Vibes      
Conyers, GA

 

44th and 3rd Bookseller  
Atlanta, GA


Illinois

Afriware Books      
Maywood, IL


Da Book Joint    
Chicago, IL


Frontline Bookstore    
Chicago, IL


Lushena Bookstore
Chicago, IL


Semicolon Bookstore      
Chicago, IL


Indiana

Akoma Books
Evansville, IN


Beyond Barcodes    
Kokomo, IN


Brainlair Books      
South Bend, IN


Iowa

The Soul Book Nook LLC.  
Waterloo, IA


Kansas

Aya Coffee + Books    
Kansas City, KS


Bliss Books & Wine      
Kansas City, KS


Kentucky

Wild Fig Coffee & Books      
Lexington, KY


Louisiana

Community Book Center    
New Orleans, LA


Maryland

Everyone’s Place Bookstore  
Baltimore, MD


Red Emma’s      
Baltimore, MD


Vision Christian Bookstore  
Clinton, MD


Wisdom Book Center    
Gwynn Oak, MD

 

 

Massachusetts

Frugal Bookstore      
Roxbury, MA


Olive Tree Books N Voices  
Springfield, MA


Susie’s Stories    
Rockport, MA


Michigan

Blackstone Bookstore and Cultural Center    
Ypsilanti, MI


Brown Sugar & Spice Books
Romulus, MI


Comma Bookstore    
Flint, MI


Detroit Book City      
Detroit, MI


Nandi’s Knowledge Cafe    
Highland Park, MI


Source Booksellers      
Detroit, MI


we are LIT      
Grand Rapids, MI


27th Letter Books      
Detroit, MI


Minnesota

Babycake’s Book Stack      
St Paul, MN


Black Garnet Books    
Minneapolis, MN


Planting People Growing Justice  
Saint Paul, MN


Mississippi

Marshall’s Music and Book Store
Jackson, MS


Missouri

EyeSeeMe African American Children’s Bookstore      
Saint Louis, MO


Progressive Emporium & Education Center  
St. Louis, MO

 

Willa’s Books & Vinyl    
Kansas City, MO


Nebraska

Aframerican Bookstore
Omaha, NE


New Jersey

La Unique Books
Camden, NJ

 

The Little Boho Bookshop    
Bayonne, NJ


Source of Knowledge    
Newark, NJ


New York

Becoming God’s Answer Bookstore
New York, NY


Blenheim Hill Books  
Hobart, NY


Bronx Bound Books    
Mobile Bookstore

 

The Bronx Is Reading      
Bronx, NY

 

Café Con Libros      
Brooklyn, NY


The Lit. Bar      
The Bronx, NY


Sisters Uptown      
New York City, NY


Zawadi Books    
Buffalo, NY


North Carolina

Liberation Station    
Durham, NC


Rofhiwa Book Café      
Durham, NC


Shelves Bookstore    
Charlotte, NC

 

 

Ohio

Black Art Plus  
Columbus, OH


A Cultural Exchange
Cleveland, OH


Elizabeth’s Bookshop and Writing Centre  
Akron, OH


Smith and Hannon Bookstore  
Cincinnati, OH


Oklahoma

Fulton Street Books and Coffee      
Tulsa, OK


Mocha Bookstore      
Tulsa, OK


Nappy Roots Books    
Oklahoma City, OK


Oregon

Third Eye Books
Portland, OR

 

Pennsylvania

Amalgram      
Philadelphia, PA


Baby Word Play    
Philadelphia, PA


The Black Reserve Bookstore  
Landsdale, PA


Books & Stuff  
Philadelphia, PA


Hakim’s Bookstore    
Philadelphia, PA


Harriett’s Bookshop    
Philadelphia, PA

 

The Black Reserve Bookstore    
Landsville, PA

 

The Tiny Bookstore      
Pittsburgh, PA

 

Uncle Bobbie’s Books      
Philadelphia, PA


South Carolina

Turning Page Bookshop      
Goose Creek, SC


Tennessee

Alkebu-Lan Images Bookstore & Gift Shop    
Nashville, TN


DeMoir Books & Things      
Memphis, TN


Texas

Beauty & Brains Books  
Houston, TX


Black Pearl Books    
Austin, TX


The Dock Bookshop      
Fort Worth, TX

 

Enda’s Booktique    
Duncanville, TX

Kindred Stories    
Houston, TX

Pan-African Connection    
Dallas, TX

 

Virginia

Books and Crannies      
Martinsville, VA

Harambee Books & Artworks    
Alexandria, VA


Positive Vibes    
Virginia Beach, VA


Washington

Estelita’s Library    
Seattle, WA

 

L.E.M.S. Bookstore
Seattle, WA


Wisconsin

The Itty Bitty Bookstore    
Stoughton, WI