Updated on February 5, 2021 at 8:12 am
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Black Images Book Bazaar was a destination in Dallas. It was a place where the community came to listen to well-known Black authors. It was a mainstay in the Wynnewood Village from 1977-2007.
It was the brainchild of Emma Rodgers. In the beginning, it wasn’t about a brick and mortar store, but rather, filling a need.
“We started it in 1977. It started as a mail-order business because I needed one. It was supposed to be my son’s 10
th birthday and I had to several book stores to find books from the Black experience,” Rodgers said. “I was just fit to be tied because I couldn’t find them. So, we started it as a mail-order, then it went to the flea market. We moved a few times and then we moved across the street to the largest building in 1992.”