127 Black-owned Bookstores in the U.S.

The all-time queen of daytime, entrepreneur, producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey, has highlighted 127 black-owned bookstores to support on her online publication, Oprah Daily. During the wake of the tragic killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, along with the power of social media, it forced the world to once again face the racial inequalities and inequities that has plagued this world for ages. If there is one thing that has been constant in the last 300+ years, it would be societal and systematic racism against Blacks. In order to uplift and support Black owned businesses, or for those that are seeking education through anti-racist literature, editorial assistant at Oprah Daily*, McKenzie Jean-Philippe, has listed 127 Black owned bookstores to shop and support by state.

As we may know, movements can often time loose it’s momentum, and because of this, we must all strive to permanently normalize and protect the changes we seek. we must all normalize valuing Black lives and shopping at Black owned businesses. When many of us shop we have no biases against the owners of non-Black establishments, unless warranted. However, history has shown us that many other ethnicities do not share the same sentiment when the business is Black owned. Let’s change this collectively.

*Oprah Daily is an online publication that focuses on “living your best life, living it well—and making living well a daily practice.”