# independentbookstoreday bookstoreday

Going to do a thread on the Black-owned bookstores for

The history of Black bookstores are closely connected to radical politics. Abolitionist David Ruggles was the first African American to start a bookstore, in lower Manhattan in the early 1830s. 1/

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We predict this will be one of the fastest moving items in our shop on Get here early on Sat April 29! 🔮

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