Name: Marcus Books
Address: 3900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609, USA, Oakland
Telephone: +1 510-652-2344
Rating: 4.9

Bookstore

Marcus Books

Opens Thursday at 10:00 AM

Mosswood, Oakland

Website

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📚"so much more than a bookstore" (author Walter Mosley)

✨"not just great, but magical"

🧒Dedicated children & young adult section

The oldest Black-owned bookstore in the country, Marcus Books has been a family-run Oakland institution since 1960. Shelves span banned books to kids' lit, and the walls have hosted Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, and Angela Davis.

Oldest in the nation

Family-owned since 1960

African diaspora literature

Banned & challenged books

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Marcus Books

3900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609, USA

+1 510-652-2344

marcusbooks.com

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Oldest in the nation
Family-owned since 1960
African diaspora literature
Banned & challenged books
Mosswood
Oakland

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