INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES: PAST AND PRESENT

Created by FARAH MOMIN OCTOBER 12TH, 2011

National Memorial African Bookstore (2nd location)

(Prior or Subsequent Locations)

by Farah Momin, at Dec. 14, 2011, 2:03 p.m.

Bookstore: National Memorial African Bookstore (2nd location)

Location: POINT (-73.9455405604783493 40.8078457407651101)

Address: 101 W. 125th St., New York, NY

Image Source: “Eviction of Harlem Bookstore Owner is Protested by Leaders.” Jet Magazine 7 Feb. 1974 : 28-29.

Information: As noted in the above article from Jet Magazine, Lewis Michaux moved his bookstore to this location to make room for construction of a state building. He was served an eviction notice by the state in 1974 to make room for the building's expansion.