Hakim's Bookstore and Gift Shop
Founded in the 1950s by Dawud Hakim, it was the first Black-owned book-store in Phila. special-izing in Black history and titles by Black authors. A civil rights and Black activism gathering space in the 1960s, it was surveilled by the FBI along with other Black bookstores.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov
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