A bookstore on wheels carrying free books into every corner of Baltimore, because the children who need books most can't always reach them.
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Named after Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line, the bus was stripped of its seats and rebuilt wall-to-wall with banned Black books and an audiobook station. It pulls up to schools and juvenile facilities, and every stop ends with a giveaway.
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." 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 Black-owned and formerly-incarcerated-owned Baltimore businesses. Our youth deserve the dopest bus on the block, and they got it.
Custom design & vehicle wrap: Pan-African colors, the boy reading on the hood, the literacy stats on the back.
Interior rebuilt by hand: bookshelves, audiobook station, lighting, and detailing, all by local Black-owned trades.
Endorsed by Delegate Regina T. Boyce and legendary publisher Paul Coates of Black Classic Press.
Every gift buys books, fuel, and free pop-ups for the kids who need them most.
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