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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

Wed Nov 05
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
210 S 52ND ST
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19139-4002
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Sat Nov 08
Aftershocks with Marcus Books Char Adams in conversation with Dorothy Lazard at Kinfolx
1951 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94612
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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
BRAVE AND KIND BOOKS LLC
2000 PRESTON PARK PL
DECATUR, GA 30032-5279
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Tue Nov 18
CLASS BOOKSTORE
3003 FENCHURCH ELM TRL
HOUSTON, TX 77047-2045
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Black-Owned
Black-Owned
The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Char Adams
Hardcover
Nov 04, 2025

Events

Wed Nov 05
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
210 S 52ND ST
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19139-4002
Google Map

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

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

Fri Nov 14 | 07:00 PM
BRAVE AND KIND BOOKS LLC
2000 PRESTON PARK PL
DECATUR, GA 30032-5279
Google Map

Tue Nov 18
CLASS BOOKSTORE
3003 FENCHURCH ELM TRL
HOUSTON, TX 77047-2045
Google Map

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