We’re here to use our voice.
We specialize in African-American authors.
Specialty service: we order based on what YOU are looking for!
Books have helped us cope during some of the most difficult periods in life.
Urban Reader to be more than just a Black bookstore; we are a space where people can embrace the culture, ask questions, and heal.
Twenty years ago, our owner, Sonyah Spencer, was a college student trying to make some extra money by selling her old textbooks on Amazon. Now she has opened her own bookstore in Charlotte’s University City.
Established:
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