Liberation Station, the first Black-owned children’s bookstore in downtown Raleigh , North Carolina, will be returning to a brick-and-mortar location in 2026. According to  WRAL News , owners Victoria Scott-Miller and her husband were forced to close their bookstore. Now, the couple is coming back stronger than ever in a new space at Montague Plaza, a 15,000-square-foot facility in southeast Raleigh devoted entirely to Black-owned businesses, with a footprint three times larger than their first location. They intend to broaden their offerings by hosting children’s story sessions and author-led workshops. “We’re excited to bring authors and illustrators back to the city of Raleigh, especially southeast Raleigh,” Scott-Miller told WRAL News. Why did Raleigh’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore close? The Millers identified a gap in the Triangle for children’s stories featuring kids of color. Initially, they sold titles from their car trunk and through a series of pop-up shops...