Children's Institute 10: Celebrating Community
The first day of the conference's first in-person show in two years, held in Phoenix this week, buzzed with a giddy camaraderie.
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The first day of the conference's first in-person show in two years, held in Phoenix this week, buzzed with a giddy camaraderie.
The year 2021 saw a substantial increase in the number of independent bookstores in the United States. And a growing proportion of these stores is owned by individuals from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds.
Last year, Juneteenth became a federal holiday. The name commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day that African American slaves in Texas received word they had been freed from enslavement two and half years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.Juneteenth means different things for different people.
Independent booksellers are growing in number and becoming more diverse. Membership in the American Booksellers Association currently stands at just over 2,000.
Laura Romani, a Chicago-area resident with a background in education and library science, had been thinking of a new career.