Changing the World Through Books

Join Char Adams and Dana Williams in conversation about Black pioneers in the literary world. In Black Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore, Adams foregrounds the role of Black-owned bookstores in activism, community, and perseverance, from Malcolm X’s speeches at a Harlem bookstore to rapper Noname’s opening of Radical Hood Library in 2021. In Toni at Random, Williams traces the lesser-known editorial journey of Toni Morrison, looking beyond her authorial impact to recognize her cultural influence on books, authors, and readers that still resonates today.