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Husband-and-wife duo brings banned literature to Austin

Community Impact North Central
October 2022

Black Pearl Books, only Black-owned independent bookstore in Austin, provides community, stresses small business support

The Daily Texan
September 2022

Black-owned Austin bookstore fights against banned books with new nonprofit

FOX 7 News Austin
August 2022

The Best Bookstores for Austin Readers

Tribeza

July 2022

Independent Bookstores Encourage the Simple Pleasure of Reading

Skip online ordering for a visit to five locally-owned neighborhood shops

Tribeza

June 2022

Black Pearl Books promotes cultural awareness as books get banned due to critical race theory law

Spectrum News 1

February 2022

100 Black Men Giving Away 700 Books with Black Pearl Books

Soulciti.com
February 2022

Austin bookstore featured in T-Pain, Normani music video for

'Black-owned Friday'

Austonia.com

November 2021

Black Pearl Books is the Black-owned, Family-run Bookstore We’ve Been Waiting For

Soulciti.com
September 2021

Katrina Brooks has a challenge most small business owners would envy:She’s working overtime to fulfill orders at Black Pearl Books in Austin

Bloomberg Quicktake

December 2020

Black Lives Matter Creates a Boom for Black-Owned Bookstores

Bloomberg Businessweek
October 2020

Everyone is rooting for Austin’s Black Pearl Books

Austin American Statesman
August 2020

125 Black-Owned Bookstores in America That Amplify the Best in Literature

The Oprah Magazine

August 2020

Black-owned bookstore, Black Pearl Books, scaling for the moment

Fox 7 News Austin

July 2020

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