1371 Fairmont Street, Northwest
— African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —
The Drum and Spear Bookstore, founded in 1968 by Charlie Cobb, a former secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, specialized in books written by black authors, and books on Asian, African, and African American subjects. Growing out of DC's Civil Rights/Black Power movement, the store opened just before Black Studies took root as an academic discipline in colleges and universities. At the time only a handful of Afro-centric bookstores operated in this country. Quickly Drum and Spear evolved into a literary haven, where authors such as Toni Morrison and Amiri Baraka browsed the shelves alongside diplomats and students. The store operated from this building until 1974.| HM Number | HM1M13 |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | Cultural Heritage, DC |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, July 20th, 2015 at 10:04am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 323844 N 4310407 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.92491667, -77.03208333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 55.495', W 77° 1.925' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 55' 29.7" N, 77° 1' 55.5" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2701 14th St NW, Washington DC 20009, US |
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