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Char Adams



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Average rating: 4.33 · 1,145 ratings · 250 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors
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“Black children need to read stories where they are the main characters.”
― Char Adams, Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
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“He opened his famous bookstore in the 1930s with just eight books and closed it forty-four years later with a reported two hundred thousand volumes.”
― Char Adams, Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
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“Were they really interested in dismantling racism? Or would the books they’d bought just collect dust on their shelves? This reflected Black booksellers’ loyalty to not just their stores but the work they did in them. Making a sale was a good thing”
― Char Adams, Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
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