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Grassrootz Books and Juice Bar continues to grow its client base while being the first Black-owned bookstore in Arizona.

The first day of the conference's first in-person show in two years, held in Phoenix this week, buzzed with a giddy camaraderie.

Downtown Phoenix has an array of Black-owned businesses, many of which are institutions in Phoenix’s cultural fabric. Here are 21 to support.

Tom Maxedon/KJZZ Music in the park, a re-telling of “Alice in Wonderland,” poetry, art, literature, live performances.  The artists are back, as millions of Arizonans have been vaccinated against COVID-19. And they’re happy to see your face — even if it’s still masked. Sounds from the band Barrio Latino rocked the stage last Friday at the amphitheater in downtown Glendale as part of  This year, the kickoff of the May-long event aimed to promote both the music and the business community who are welcoming back patrons en masse.  Heidi Burriga, the city’s special events administra...

TUCSON – One Saturday morning, a mother and father take their daughter to the public library for the first time. The young girl walks around her parents to look at the librarian at the front desk, gazing at another Black person in a public space that’s usually occupied by white people. “Do you work here?” she asks. “I do,” the librarian answers. “That makes me so happy,” the girl says. Tenecia Phillips, branch manager of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library in Tucson, tears up at the memory. It’s one of many such moments she has shared with Black famili...