For more than 50 years, Marcus Books has anchored the Fillmore District and served as a nexus of culture with its mission to provide book stock “by and about black people everywhere.” But this oldest of all US African American bookstores, and champion of authors from James Baldwin and Toni Morrison to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is in a fight for its own survival. In an afternoon devoted to passing the mic and the hat, authors, musicians, and civic leaders gather to testify and give back to the store they call home. With very special surprise guests to be announced. Open house continues until 4 pm. Featuring: Authors Dee Dee Deen, Elva Nelson Hayes, Raina J. León and special guest, Chinaka Hodge. With music by Ezekiel McCarter and Archibishop Franzo King, St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church.
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For more than 50 years, Marcus Books has anchored the Fillmore District and served as a nexus of culture with its mission to provide book stock “by and about black people everywhere.” But this oldest of all US African American bookstores, and champion of authors from James Baldwin and Toni Morrison to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is in a fight for its own survival. In an afternoon devoted to passing the mic and the hat, authors, musicians, and civic leaders gather to testify and give back to the store they call home. With very special surprise guests to be announced. Open house continues until 4 pm. Featuring: Authors Dee Dee Deen, Elva Nelson Hayes, Raina J. León and special guest, Chinaka Hodge. With music by Ezekiel McCarter and Archibishop Franzo King, St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church.
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1712 Fillmore St. , San Francisco, CA 94116
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