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Follow on Google News | MahoganyBooks Hosts Black Books Matter FestCelebrating Black Books Matter Day and James Baldwin's 100th Birthday
By: MahoganyBooks "This is a special moment to celebrate Black Books Matter Day and commemorate James Baldwin turning 100 years old on August 2nd," said Ramunda Young, co-owner and co-founder of MahoganyBooks. "James Baldwin's literary contributions were pivotal in advancing artistic and intellectual change in America. He is one of the many authors who inspired the mission of MahoganyBooks, which is to promote reading, writing, and cultural awareness as tools to improve self-esteem, self-love, and, ultimately, our communities. So it is only fitting for us to honor James Baldwin at our first Black Books Matter Fest." Established in 2021, Black Books Matter Day recognizes the diverse authors of the African diaspora and the readers who support and are empowered by their literary works. Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks proclaimed it annually on the first Saturday of August in Prince George's County. Visit https://MahoganyBooks.com About MahoganyBooks Started in 2007 by husband and wife Derrick and Ramunda Young, MahoganyBooks has one of the largest online inventories of books for and about people of the African Diaspora. It has grown from being exclusively an online bookstore to opening the doors of its first physical location in the historic Washington, DC neighborhood of Anacostia in 2014, then its flagship location at National Harbor, Prince George's County, Maryland, in 2021. Derrick and Ramuda's love for culture, community, and connection and their desire to see books empower others as it had empowered them. Over the years, MahoganyBooks has connected readers to writers for exciting and thought-provoking literary events with the likes of President Barack Obama, the late U.S. Representative John Lewis, Walter Mosley, Chimamanda Adichie, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Misty Copeland, Gabrielle Union, and D.C.'s "Mayor for Life" Marion Barry among others. End
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