Westchester shop for personalizing clothing and accessories — iron-on patches, charms, enamel pins, plus hats, jackets and sweatshirts; hosts events
Black-owned bookstore specializing in African American fiction and nonfiction, owned by a mother-daughter duo; relocated from Bronzeville’s Boxville to South
Nonprofit bookstore and gallery, Chicago’s Black woman-owned bookstore founded in 2019; currently under renovation with online shopping and pop-ups continuing.
Cozy Hyde Park bookstore stocking fiction, nonfiction and poetry by writers of color, opened May 2023; hosts author talks and
Cafe-style bookstore in Woodlawn centering Black and BIPOC authors; reopened in 2025 co-owned by author Eve Ewing and partners, with
Black woman-owned bookstore in Beverly focused on community, literacy and stories of Black, Indigenous and other people of color; hosts
Nonprofit bookstore headquartered in the Pullman/Roseland area promoting culturally-relevant reading that highlights the brilliance of Black people; appears at pop-ups
Founded in 1997, a jewelry, accessories, clothing, home goods and music boutique that doubles as a cultural space, art gallery
Nail salon in Water Tower Place offering Russian manicures, Gel-X, pedicures, facials, lashes and waxing; described as Black-woman-owned.
Men’s and women’s luxury lifestyle clothing brand and boutique founded in 2007 by a husband-and-wife team; casual and vintage-inspired apparel,
