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For many Black booksellers, it’s encouraging to see non-Black Americans seeking to educate themselves about topics like systemic racism, implicit bias and historical injustices. At the same time, they say it’s an education that’s long overdue.

“We’ve been in business for 61 years and nothing like this has ever happened,” said Blake. She wishes her father Dawud, who founded the bookstore and passed away in 2013, were alive to see the titles he cherished in such high demand. “He just really got no support from the beginning … because what he was doing was so different,” she said. “I’m overwhelmed at the response from people because it vindicates everything that he fought for.”

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