Historic black bookstore on brink of closure

Holly McDede — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:33:38 +0000

Marcus Books opened in 1959, and quickly became a hub for the neighborhood’s black community. Founders Julian and Raye Richardson believed it was the first African American bookstore in America.

Question Bridge: How do you feel about yourself as a gay black male?

Chris Johnson and Hank Willis Thomas and Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:56:41 +0000

At the Oakland Museum of California, a special art installation is exploring some of life’s big questions among generations of the black male community. Over 150 black men from all over the country came together to answer questions like these for the project called Question Bridge: Black Males. Today, we bring you a question from Ronald Porter, who teaches at UC Berkeley, and who asked this question: How do you feel about yourself as a gay black male?

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Historic black bookstore on brink of closure

Question Bridge: How do you feel about yourself as a gay black male?