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    Black-Owned Bookstores: Anchors of the Black Power Movement

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    Author/Creator
    Davis, Joshua C.
    Date
    2017-01
    Type of Work
    4 pages
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    Internet articles
    Citation of Original Publication
    Davis, J. C. (2017). Black-Owned Bookstores: Anchors of the Black Power Movement. AAIHS, 1-4.
    Subjects
    black activism
    black-owned bookstores
    black power movement
    black intellectual history
    nationalism
    black panther party
    civil rights movement
    Abstract
    In the summer of 1968, veteran members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) opened a shop in Washington, D.C., the Drum and Spear Bookstore, that specialized in the writings of people of African descent. In addition to its brick-and-mortar store, Drum and Spear ran a brisk mail-order distribution business for other black booksellers and, by 1969, even launched its own publishing company headquartered in Washington and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Drum and Spear was commercially ambitious, yet it was operated by a nonprofit organization, Afro-American Resources, Inc. “We don’t define profit in terms of money,” said SNCC activist and store cofounder Charlie Cobb. “The profit is the patronage of the community, which allows the store to self-support.”

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    Robert L. Bogomolny Library
    University of Baltimore
    1420 Maryland Ave.
    Baltimore, MD 21201
    Email: knowledgeworks@ubalt.edu


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.