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Minnesota’s Only Black-Owned Bookstore Is Creating A Space For Black Storytelling | Forbes
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September 2, 2020
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4:59Now PlayingAmerica's national reckoning with systemic racism has touched nearly every industry, including publishing. For Black Americans of all ages, it can be still be difficult to find stories by Black authors featuring Black characters. This lack of Black storytelling led Dionne Sims to found Black Garnet Books, the only Black-owned bookstore in Minnesota. Sims tells Forbes her journey into entrepreneurship including the various steps she has taken along the way to turn her dream into a reality.
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