North Carolina’s 1st Black-Owned Children’s Bookstore Forced To Shutdown After Receiving Multiple Death Threats

North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, Liberation Station is being forced to move out of downtown Raleigh after only being open for less than a year.

Liberation Station reportedly opened on Juneteenth last year. The book store is known for hosting events for the community and selling children’s books written and illustrated by Black and underrepresented authors and illustrators. “Unfortunately, we live in a country that has given permission to the nameless and faceless people to make threats and cause harm, emotional harm,” owner Victoria Scott-Miller said.

On Monday, Scott-Miller took to her Instagram to tell her followers that the bookstore will be moving on April 30 after receiving death threats. “Since September, we’ve faced numerous threats following the opening of our store,” Scott-Miller wrote. “Some we brushed off, while others included a disturbing phone call detailing what our son Langston wore when he was at the shop alone.” Scott-Miller runs the store with her husband and 13-year-old son but after receiving those threats they decided to stop working there two weeks ago. “We went away for two weeks just to breathe and process that the thing we had created for good was now attempting to be destroyed and taken away from us in some way,” she said.

I see black Americans reading quite a bit. I didn't say reading, I said reading an actual book. I was in the doctors office this morning, out of about 30 patients in the waiting area I did not see anyone reading a book, 20 years ago that was common in a Doctor's office. So actual books are losing market share in the USA. Opening a bookstore seems risky to me.

And you're right, I was minimizing opening a bookstore. I don't care if they targeted the entire population it seems to be a losing business regardless of the owner's race.

North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, Liberation Station And the owner's' highlight them being "black owned" and there is racial implication in the store name "Liberation Station". So based on these 2 items it appeared to me they had a targeted customer base.

And I'm all for small business's succeeding, I'm amazed an any doing so in this environment of government interference and over-regulation. I had often explored opening a business, but was daunted by all the requirements. I'm currently an investor in a small business that is going under for various reasons, however it was successful for years and got my money out of it. Now I'm researching how to replace it with another successful business, but haven't found the right marketable product/service yet. So I shake my head at people IMHO throwing away money on a dying market (bookstore) and then limiting the customer base, not a good business model.

The big picture: Liberation Station joins a growing cohort of Black-owned businesses near the historic Black Main Street, once a thriving hub of Black businesses near the intersection of Salisbury Street and Hargett Street.

Nearby Black-owned stores include clothing boutique Nashone and Black Friday Market.

Having graduated HS from a Detroit City School (Denby) those statements shout "unsafe" and "avoid". Don't think Scott Adams will be visiting that area anytime soon or me either. Or as I learned in Ranger School, that is a danger area.

To wit: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4230042/posts

Nobody is claiming this to be BS.

I also believe Planet Fitness here.

It is the Planet Fitness true, black bookstore owner condemnation that is wtf.

"I agree. This forum gets racist at times."

It's not about race.

It looks like a bunch of guys, dressed up like women; taking little kids on "field trips".

"... paying special attention to paintings by Mickalene Thomas..."

Mickalene Thomas and her wife...

Cynthia Erivo, Mickalene Thomas, and Muna, to be honored by the Los Angles LGBT Center...

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