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| Victoria Scott-Miller | |
Liberation Station, a Black-owned children's bookstore that made its debut as a pop-up and online store four years ago, will have a grand opening for its bricks-and-mortar location in downtown Raleigh, N.C., this weekend, CBS17 reported.
The grand opening festivities at 208 Fayetteville St. will begin at 11 a.m., tomorrow, Saturday, the same day as the city's official Juneteenth celebration. Store owner Victoria Scott-Miller told CBS it was important for her to open the weekend of Juneteenth, as it will "give us an opportunity to remember. Not only to remember but to also think about how to pass the torch forward."
Scott-Miller was inspired to open a children's bookstore specializing in diverse authors and stories after having difficulty finding children's books for her sons that featured characters of color.
"We need more bookstores," she said. "We need more writers. We need more illustrators. We need more creators."