{"id":1859,"date":"2023-03-08T23:51:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T23:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2023-03-09T00:05:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T00:05:50","slug":"bobt-stop-1-marcus-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/08\/bobt-stop-1-marcus-books\/","title":{"rendered":"BOBT Stop #1: Marcus Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1859\" class=\"elementor elementor-1859\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83cd93b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83cd93b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84490e9\" data-id=\"84490e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-601249f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"601249f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-rotated.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eb3516 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eb3516\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c92d8bb\" data-id=\"c92d8bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e030cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e030cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The very first stop on my Black-Owned Bookstore Tour (BOBT) was to Marcus Books, in Oakland, California. It opened in 1960 and is the oldest Black-owned bookstore in the U.S. Perfect first stop, right? You can only imagine how iconic this place has been, with visitors and speakers like Angela Davis, Toni Morrison, and Muhammad Ali coming through. As the sign says, the selection in the store was full of books by and about Black people. Something notable: I think this was the first place where I started seeing this new wave of cookbooks written by Black folks with a twist on the traditional cuisine &#8211; plant-based soul food, eating for health, etc. I love that Stop #1 on my tour was also bookstore #1 owned and operated by Black Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The very first stop on my Black-Owned Bookstore Tour (BOBT) was to Marcus Books, in Oakland, California. It opened in 1960 and is the oldest Black-owned bookstore in the U.S. Perfect first stop, right? You can only imagine how iconic this place has been, with visitors and speakers like Angela Davis, Toni Morrison, and Muhammad &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/08\/bobt-stop-1-marcus-books\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOBT Stop #1: Marcus Books<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-rotated.jpg",480,640,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-225x300.jpg",225,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-rotated.jpg",480,640,false],"large":["https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-rotated.jpg",480,640,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-rotated.jpg",480,640,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_6881-rotated.jpg",480,640,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"n.melia.griffin@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/paperbacksandpearls.com\/index.php\/author\/n-melia-griffingmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":6,"uagb_excerpt":"The very first stop on my Black-Owned Bookstore Tour (BOBT) was to Marcus Books, in Oakland, California. 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