For 10 years, Mahogany Books was an online bookstore before opening a brick-and-mortar location in 2017. This independent, family-owned bookstore carries books written for, by, or about folks of African descent, Owners Ramunda Young and Derrick Young have long sought to empower others through accessible, representational literature.

Fun fact: MahoganyBooks also hosts an annual Books for the Block book drive benefiting youth in metropolitan Washington D.C.!