Liberation Station, North Carolina’s Only Black-Owned Children’s Bookstore, Has Reopened

Liberation Station, North Carolina’s Only Black-Owned Children’s Bookstore, Has Reopened

By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated January 7, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Reading is fundamental. And for Black children? Reading is not simply fundamental, it is necessary. In a world where they are too often ignored, underappreciated or misunderstood, At Night They Danced, Miss Edmonia’s Class of Wildfires, and The Museum Lives in Me® series). Writing children’s books and running Liberation Station are the same work—ensuri…

Saved! North Carolina’s First Black-Owned Children’s Bookstore Reopens After Community-Funded Revival

Liberation Station, North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, has reopened in Raleigh following a successful GoFundMe campaign that rallied nationwide support and underscored the power of community-driven resilience. Founded in 2023 by educator and advocate Victoria Scott-Miller and her husband, Duane, the bookstore was created to amplify underrepresented voices and ensure children see themselves reflected in literature. Since its…