Demonstrations following George Floyd's death have sparked a surge in book sales on the history of racial discrimination in the U.S. for Marcus Books, a historic black-owned bookstore in Oakland
Its doors have been open during notable events in U.S. race relations ranging from the civil rights and black power movements and the assassinations of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s to the 1991 Rodney King beating in Los Angeles and the Black Lives Matter movement of the past decade.
Blanche Richardson, who runs Marcus Books and whose parents founded the independent black bookstore in 1960, said: “People are just begging for something that will explain what’s going on and how they can make a difference and change that.” Non-fiction books about the black experience top the Amazon.com best-seller list, including children’s books, such as “We’re Different, We’re the Same.”
Also encouraged was customer Isaiah Henry, a 20-year-old Oakland native, who said that what was traditionally taught in schools often neglected to tell the whole story about U.S. race relations.
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