Una Mulzac (April 19, 1923 – January 21, 2012) was an African American bookseller and founder of the Liberation Bookstore, a prominent African-American bookstore specializing in political and Black Power materials and was located in Harlem. [1] [2]
Una Mulzac was born in Baltimore, but raised in Brooklyn, New York. [3] Her father, Hugh Mulzac, was a socialist and the first black commander of a ship in the United States Merchant Marine. [1] She grew up in Bedford–Stuyvesant, where she graduated from Girls' High School. Mulzac briefly worked as a secretary for Random House. [2] [3] In 1963, Mulzac moved to British Guiana, where she joined the People's Progressive Party and ran their bookstore in the capital of Georgetown. [2] [3] She was injured in a bomb attack at the Progressive Book Store. [2] Mulzac was on the executive board of the Harlem chapter of the NAACP. [4] Her grand nephew is Sharrif Simmons, a poet and songwriter. [5]
A year after to returning to Harlem from British Guiana, Mulzac opened the Liberation Bookstore in 1967. [1] The Liberation Bookstore has been compared to Lewis Michaux's African National Memorial Bookstore. [1]
Una Mulzac (April 19, 1923 – January 21, 2012) was an African American bookseller and founder of the Liberation Bookstore, a prominent African-American bookstore specializing in political and Black Power materials and was located in Harlem. [1] [2]
Una Mulzac was born in Baltimore, but raised in Brooklyn, New York. [3] Her father, Hugh Mulzac, was a socialist and the first black commander of a ship in the United States Merchant Marine. [1] She grew up in Bedford–Stuyvesant, where she graduated from Girls' High School. Mulzac briefly worked as a secretary for Random House. [2] [3] In 1963, Mulzac moved to British Guiana, where she joined the People's Progressive Party and ran their bookstore in the capital of Georgetown. [2] [3] She was injured in a bomb attack at the Progressive Book Store. [2] Mulzac was on the executive board of the Harlem chapter of the NAACP. [4] Her grand nephew is Sharrif Simmons, a poet and songwriter. [5]
A year after to returning to Harlem from British Guiana, Mulzac opened the Liberation Bookstore in 1967. [1] The Liberation Bookstore has been compared to Lewis Michaux's African National Memorial Bookstore. [1]