Turn The Page: A Movement to Uplift Black-Owned Bookstores

Turn The Page is an anti-capitalist movement to uplift Black-Owned bookstores, Black literature, and Black voices. Our collective is made up of artists, activists, and allies. We are Queer and Black + Latinx-led, grounded in Black radical, feminist, queer, and anti-capitalist thought.

Our movement began after observing people throughout the country turning to white-owned bookstores like Amazon to purchase anti-racist literature. Frustrated by this, we challenged the folx in our networks: commit instead to 1) supporting Black bookstores with monthly purchases, 2) reading and engaging with the Black-authored literature, and 3) getting friends to join you in this work.

Turn The Page partners with Black-owned bookstores to build a relationship that centers the bookstores needs. Our current partnership is with SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE (SOK), one of two Black-owned bookstores in all of New Jersey. With our bookstore partner, we collaborate on bi-monthly Black Liberation Literature Collections for our reader communities and virtual events related to our featured works.

Recently, we launched our August-September Collection, full of beautiful works we encourage you all to add to your bookshelves. All of the books can be ordered directly from SOK through our website. Also, we have set out to raise $25K for Read and Feed, SOK’s free yearly literacy program. We have raised $9,000 so far, but continue to need your support to reach our goal.
We invite you to join the movement however you're able!

“Believing in something is never enough. We must turn our beliefs into collective action.”
- Charlene Carruthers

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