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Third World Bookstore
"'The bookstore... which the militant radical and railway porter Leonard Johnston had opened with his wife Gwendolyn less than a year earlier...…
”The Patty Shop”
”Owned and operated by Roger Williams... Aunt Elsie's is part grocery store- part Caribbean hot counter and part gathering place for really anyone from the Caribbean.'”
”A Different Booklist”
"Beyond the events ' A Different Booklist' became a site for a less tangible kind of community support such as referrals for seniors who couldn't afford taxis to take them to the doctor; young people looking for intellectual resources to support…
”Bathurst Station”
“Bathurst subway station was the original hangout. I recall [when] the TTC put up 'No Loitering' signs and had a police presence there to move along the gathering of Black folk. It was natural. Black kids from Central Tech walked to the station after…