Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams Ben Rothenberg one of the world’s most

one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs

and author of the highly praised The Undertaking

who’s determined to show Whitney the real Paris

Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years

Finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Award

Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore by Char Adams Ben Rothenberg one of the world’s mostLongtime 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. In Black Owned, Char Adams celebrates the living history of Black bookstores. Packed with stories of activism, espionage, violence, community, and perseverance, Black Owned