Why I Didn’t Display Black Authors During Black History Month or MLK Day

Seeing the elephant in the room

Bebe Nicholson
Koinonia
Published in
4 min readFeb 17

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When I managed a nonprofit thrift store, the book section was one of our biggest attractions. The books didn’t bring in much revenue because we sold them so cheaply, but they drew in customers who usually went on to buy other things.

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Bebe Nicholson
Koinonia

Writer, editor, publisher, journalist, author, columnist, believer in enjoying my journey and helping other people enjoy theirs. bknicholson@att.net