The purpose of the Black Bookstore Tour is threefold:

  1. To raise awareness of the role of black-owned bookstores in America and their positive impact on their community.

  2. Introduce local authors from different parts of the country to all of America and possibly the world.

  3. Develop a self-sustaining black bookstore book trading system.

Man wearing sunglasses and a hat with a patterned band, standing outdoors near a body of water and trees, dressed in a gray vest and shirt.

In corporate America, my primary focus was the bottom line, and I was good at it. However, as an entrepreneur, my focus started to shift. For me, the saying “with age comes wisdom” has proven to be true. Wealth and success can no longer be measured by the number of trees that I cut down, but by the number of trees I plant.