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    On stories of Black struggle, an iconic L.A. bookstore surges

    Jun 12, 2020 4 minutes
    Kaylee Elijah, a student at the University of California, picks up a copy of "Hip Hop & Rap," at Eso Won Books, a Black-owned bookstore in Los Angeles on June 8, 2020.

    Tom Hamilton is on the phone again. It has been ringing steadily since this Black-owned bookstore, Eso Won Books, opened at 10 a.m.

    “No, we don’t have any right now,” he answers calmly. The caller is inquiring about “The Fire Next Time,” the powerful 1963 bestseller in which Black author James Baldwin writes his 14-year-old nephew about race in American history. “We should have it by the end of the week. We’re going to get 300 or 400 copies. Just call us.”

    Mr. Hamilton and his business partner, James Fugate, are working morning, noon, and night to handle an explosion of demand for books on racism, African American history,

    A gateway to Black culture“I want to educate myself”

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