The Reading Room
A library for the curious.
A small, growing collection of reading lists, museum guides, historical resources, and directories — gathered the way a good bookstore gathers its shelves, with care and a point of view.
On the shelves
Pull up a chair. Take your time.
Every entry here is something I have read, used, or returned to — chosen because it helps make a place, a movement, or a moment legible.
A Starter Library on Black History
Foundational essays, novels, and memoirs — a place to begin, organized by era and region.
Browse the shelf →A Guide to Black Museums & Archives
Major institutions and small-town keepers — how to find them, and how to sit with what they hold.
Browse the shelf →Primary Sources & Living Archives
Oral histories, digitized collections, and archives doing the slow work of preservation.
Browse the shelf →Black-Owned Bookstores
Independent shops keeping Black literature, scholarship, and conversation in circulation.
Browse the shelf →Black-Owned Businesses to Know
Restaurants, shops, and makers worth knowing — listed by city and region.
Browse the shelf →Visiting with Intention
A short field guide to museums, neighborhoods, and historic sites — what to read first, what to ask, what to carry home.
Browse the shelf →Movements, Moments & Vocabulary
A working glossary of the eras, movements, and ideas I return to most often.
Browse the shelf →Films of the Diaspora
Documentaries and features that trace a city, a movement, or a generation.
Browse the shelf →