An illustration from Eloise Greenfield's book Bubbles, published by the Drum and Spear Press

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This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Drum and Spear Bookstore

An illustration from Eloise Greenfield's book Bubbles, published by the Drum and Spear Press

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Drum and Spear Bookstore

Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Drum and Spear Bookstore

The Drum and Spear Bookstore, which operated from 1968 to 1974, specialized in books by and about Black people. The bookstore, founded by Charlie Cobb, Courtland Cox, Judy Richardson and Curtis Hayes (later Curtis Muhammed)--all veterans of the…