If you are anything like me, these days you are searching for positive things that can be done. One simple, concrete action is to support indie bookstores, and especially those stores owned by people of color. Most of these valuable community institutions have already been struggling due to the pandemic. So, here’s a list of booksellers that could use your support. Check them out. Order some books or purchase gift cards.

1. the lit bar
2. hariett’s bookshop
3. semicolon bookstore
4. mahogany books
5. uncle bobbie’s
6. loyalty bookstore
7. dare books
8. listening tree books
9. underground books
10. multicultural bookstore
11. pyramid books
12. black dot bookstore
13. brain lair books
14. medu bookstore
15. wild fig books and coffee
16. frugal bookstore
17. olive tree books
18. detroit book city
19. cafe con libros
20. revolution books
21. sisters uptown bookstore
22. source booksellers
23. hakim’s bookstore
24. sankofa books and cafe
25. turning page bookshop