A Moment Or A Movement? Black Bookstore Owners On Business One Year Later
After last summer's surge in anti-racist book sales, NPR spoke to three Black bookstore owners across the country to ask if customers are still engaged with their businesses and anti-racist reading.
On the day George Floyd was murdered — Monday, May 25, 2020 — there weren't any books exclusively tackling white privilege, anti-Blackness, or policing on the New York Times' Best Sellers list. White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo was the only book to break through the week of May 31, but by June 21, almost 70% of the Times' Best Seller list confronted race.
With the sale of print books rising just over 8% and all unit sales of, Black bookstores would play an integral role in feeding the nation's "sudden" appetite in the plight of Black people.
