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Char Adams

Char Adams is a former reporter for NBC News and for People. Her writing on race and identity has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Oprah Daily, Vice, Teen Vogue, and Bustle. She is a proud Philadelphia native and now lives in the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
Black-Owned
Black-Owned
The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Char Adams
Hardcover
Nov 04, 2025

Tue Nov 04
BlackLit More details to come
Dallas, TX 
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Wed Nov 05 | 06:00 PM
SOURCE BOOKSELLERS In conversation with Eric Vaughn
4240 CASS AVE STE 105
DETROIT, MI 48201-1975
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Fri Nov 07 | 06:00 PM
HAKIM's BOOKSTORE & GIFT SHOP Drop in Book Signing
210 S 52ND ST
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19139-4002
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Sat Nov 08 | 02:00 PM
Litquake Aftershocks with Marcus Books Char Adams in conversation with Dorothy Lazard at Kinfolx
1951 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
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Sun Nov 09
More details to come
Austin, TX 
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Thu Nov 13
THE DOCK BOOKSHOP
6637 MEADOWBROOK DR
FORT WORTH, TX 76112-5240
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Fri Nov 14 | 07:00 PM
The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History in conversation with Katie Mitchell
More details, to come 
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Tue Nov 18 | 06:00 PM
CLASS BOOKSTORE
3003 FENCHURCH ELM TRL
HOUSTON, TX 77047-2045
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Books

Black-Owned
Black-Owned
The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Char Adams
Hardcover
Nov 04, 2025

Events

Tue Nov 04
BlackLit More details to come
Dallas, TX 
Google Map

Wed Nov 05 | 06:00 PM
SOURCE BOOKSELLERS In conversation with Eric Vaughn
4240 CASS AVE STE 105
DETROIT, MI 48201-1975
Google Map

Fri Nov 07 | 06:00 PM
HAKIM's BOOKSTORE & GIFT SHOP Drop in Book Signing
210 S 52ND ST
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19139-4002
Google Map

Sat Nov 08 | 02:00 PM
Litquake Aftershocks with Marcus Books Char Adams in conversation with Dorothy Lazard at Kinfolx
1951 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
Google Map

Sun Nov 09
More details to come
Austin, TX 
Google Map

Thu Nov 13
THE DOCK BOOKSHOP
6637 MEADOWBROOK DR
FORT WORTH, TX 76112-5240
Google Map

Fri Nov 14 | 07:00 PM
The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History in conversation with Katie Mitchell
More details, to come 
Google Map

Tue Nov 18 | 06:00 PM
CLASS BOOKSTORE
3003 FENCHURCH ELM TRL
HOUSTON, TX 77047-2045
Google Map

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As I prepare now to release Black-Owned, my greatest hope is that readers will find in these stories that same sense of community. My hope is we will gain a deeper understanding of just how much we need one another. Prison abolitionist and organizer Mariame Kaba often says, “Everything worthwhile is done with other people.”

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