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Missouri’s longest-standing Black bookstore faced closure. The Defender pulled up

Photo by Jade Williams, March 2024 For over 40 years, 84-year-old legend Ms. Willa Robinson has poured her soul into Willa’s Books & Vinyl—the oldest and longest-standing Black bookstore in the state of Missouri. After surviving the heartbreaking murder of her daughter and granddaughter, Ms. Willa turned grief into purpose, and began collecting books that […]