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Black Readers Are Jolted by a Chain's Demise

By early afternoon, word had spread and dozens of customers crowded the bookstore's aisles. One of the nation's largest black-owned bookstore chains, Karibu, will be closed by mid-February, and people brought their shock and sadness to Bowie Town Center, along with their checkbooks.
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Lonnae O'Neal Parker and Hamil R. Harris

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Black Readers Are Jolted by a Chain's Demise: Loss of Karibu, a Result Of Owners' Rift, Leaves A Hole in a Community Washington Post 1/23/2008 11:50:31 PM
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