* Black Library Booksellers

(January 28, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) GHETTO NATION - A book titled "Ghetto Nation" waits to be stocked on the shelves of The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(January 28, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) GHETTO NATION - A book titled "Ghetto Nation" waits to be stocked on the shelves of The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(January 28, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) BOOKS AMASS - Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. takes inventory of the hundreds of books on his push cart that amass to form The Black Library Booksellers located at Downtown Crossing. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Hart says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." He hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(January 28, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) PATRON LOYALTY - Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. (right), owner of The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing, helps Christine Brown (left), a patron for almost five years, as she browses the books. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Quite often Hart orders books for customers if he does not have it in stock. He says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(January 28, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) COEXISTENCE - African American fiction and non-fiction books coexist on display at The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(January 28, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) BOOKS BIDE THEIR TIME - The book shelves of The Black Library Booksellers push cart overlook a group of African American teenage boys on Washington Street at Downtown Crossing. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(January 28, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) A REAL BOOKSTORE - Leane Villafane (left) and Nahjah Prescott (right), both juniors at the Engineering School in Hyde Park, browse the books at The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing. Prescott, who has been a patron since ninth grade, says, "This is a real bookstore." The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(January 28, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) TEEN HEED - Leane Villafane, a junior at the Engineering School in Hyde Park, browses books at The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(February 2, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) FAMILY TIES - George Smith (left) and his sister Frances Murray (right), from Wellesley, who were shopping with their mother, browse books at The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing. Smith, who ended up purchasing a book on Martin Luther King, Jr., is a biracial African American Jew whose family strives to read literature about his heritage. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(February 2, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) BEVY OF BOOKS - African American non-fiction books on display at The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(February 2, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) AT YOUR SERVICE - Marquse Mathis, employee of The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing, writes his phone number on the back of a business card for a patron who is placing an order for a book. The Black Library, which is black-owned and only sells black literature, quite often orders books for customers if they do not have it in stock. Mathis, who enjoys interacting with customers, declares, "Books - they bring people together." Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(February 2, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) HOMETOWN HOLLER - Massiel Nunez browses books at The Black Library Booksellers push cart located at Downtown Crossing. Nunez, who says she used to have to go to New York City to find the books she enjoys reading, now shops in her own city of Boston. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Owner Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." Hart hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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(February 2, 2008 - BOSTON, MA) BOOKS AMASS - Lloyd E. Hart, Jr. takes inventory of the hundreds of books on his push cart that amass to form The Black Library Booksellers located at Downtown Crossing. The Black Library is black-owned and only sells black literature. Hart says, "We're the only black booksellers in Boston and it's been that way for the past 10 or 15 years." He hopes to use his library to "perpetuate the love of reading" in African Americans.

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