Jackson home to oldest Black-owned bookstore in the nation
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 2, 2023
Jackson is home to the oldest Black-owned bookstore in North America.Marshall’s Music and Book Store in the heart of downtown Jackson is a family business that opened in 1938.“We’ve been able to make it through Jim Crow, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam. We have been through it all — civil rights movement, Black power movement, Black Lives Matter movement — we’ve always been here,” said store owner Maati Primm.The quaint store on the almost empty Farish Street has shelves stacked high with books, music and everything in between. The walls are also . . .
