About the
Black Bookstore Coalition

The Black Bookstore Coalition was born during the height of the 2020 pandemic. Founders Ramunda Young of MahoganyBooks and Kalima DeSuze of Cafe Con Libros came together out of a need to create a space to support our unique challenges as Black Bookstore owners. We are a collective of 40+ bookstores from across the Nation - and growing, whose intention is to elevate our businesses through community, cooperative economics, and education. Four years later, although Kalima has since gone on to pursue her business with fervor, Ramunda is still organizing this dynamic group of bookstore leaders along with a newly formed steering committee who are engaged, excited, and vocal about the importance of Black books and our communities.

2026 Steering Committee Members

  • Courtney Bledsoe

    Call and Response Books
    Chicago, IL

  • Eric Brooks

    Black Pearl Books
    Austin, TX

  • Hannah Oliver Depp

    Loyalty Bookstores
    Washington, DC

  • Nikki High

    Octavia’s Bookshelf
    Pasadena, CA

  • DJ Johnson

    Baldwin & Co Bookstore
    New Orleans, LA

  • Jazzi McGilbert

    Reparations Club
    Los Angeles, CA

  • Vera Warren-Williams

    Community Bookstore
    New Orleans, LA

  • Ramunda Lark Young

    MahoganyBooks
    Washington, DC/MD/VA

All Black-owned bookstores welcome!

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