. >> we had really big authors here, big list authors, unknown authors, head starts, we had terry mcmillan, she became a very good friend to a quarter of the store. we had tony morrison which everybody shivering in their boots, speechless meeting her and turned out to be so down-to-earth and wonderful. probably the biggest event we ever had was muhammad ali. that was a tremendous. a line four deep, down the corner, around the corner to the next street and that lasted four five hours and he was kind enough to stay here told time. that everybody sit on his lap, take his picture or shake his hand, very gracious. i think the community appreciates this and they let us know that. they support us in every possible way. the understand the importance of resources and knowledge about them in their community and i think more and more people are understanding most of the black bookstores have shutdown and not only because of online shopping or big box stores but also lack of consciousness in the community that doesn't send them in here searching for the knowledge. i was asked to speak at a junior high

we had terry mcmillan when she only had one book out as she became a very, very good friend and supporter of the story. we had a legend for tony morris which had everybody shivering in the mood, speechless beating her. probably the biggest event we ever had was mohammed ali. that was just tremendous. there was a line for deep down the corner, around the corner up to the next stratum that lasted for four or five hours. he was kind enough to stay here that whole time and let everybody sit on his lap, take a picture, shake his hand. i think the community very much appreciate and they let us know that. they support us in every possible way. they understand the important impact in the resource of knowledge about them in their community. more and more people are understanding most of the black book stores have shut down and that is due not only because of online shopping at the big box stores, but also because the lack of consciousness in the community searching for knowledge. i was asked to speak at a junior high school, middle-school a couple years ago and decided teenagers and that was for m