Independent bookstores are opening in various locations, while some longtime stores are closing.
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Independent bookstores have faced numerous challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped new stores from opening, while some longtime stores are closing their doors.
In Charlotte, North Carolina, Sonya Spencer opened Urban Reader Bookstore in July, making it the city’s only Black-owned bookstore. Spencer told Spectrum News, ““There was nobody selling African-American books. I reached out to Baker and Taylor, which is actually out of Charlotte, North Carolina, and I opened up an account…Children should see themselves at a young age. That starts with the board books, all the way up to the chapter books and adult books.”
Another Black-owned bookstore, Kindred Creatives Art and Literary Press in Dallas, Texas, opened in…
