MahoganyBooks

For decades, experts have been predicting the death of small, independent bookstores. In the 1990s, the villains were mega-stores, like Barnes & Noble and Borders. The new millennium saw the rise of online bookselling, which offers far…

Havana Chapman-Edwards, a young activist and avid book enthusiast, has been determined to change the world since birth, says her mom Bethany Edwards. Of course that's only seven years.

On a recent afternoon, Derrick Young set up a microphone, unfolded some tables and put the finishing touches on an open space near MahoganyBooks, an African American bookstore he opened with his wife, Ramunda, in the District’s Ward 8 last…