A bookstore on wheels carrying free books into every corner of Baltimore. Our babies can't always get to the books, so the books come to them.
Named after Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line, the bus was stripped of its seats and rebuilt wall-to-wall with banned books and an audiobook station. It pulls up in schools and communities with book deserts. Every stop ends with a giveaway.
We named the bus the Black Star Line after Marcus Garvey's, a vessel built to carry our people forward. Ours carries books.
Straight from the community the Black Star Line serves.
Designed and built by a Black woman-owned and formerly-incarcerated-Baltimore business. Our youth deserve better and they got it.
Custom design & vehicle wrap built by Black-owned businesses.
Interior rebuilt by hand: bookshelves, audiobook station, lighting, and detailing, all by local Black-owned businesses.
Endorsed by children in the community.
Every gift buys books, fuel, and free pop-ups. We got to get these young babies reading.
