Thirty-five years of books, art, and culture on North Avenue.

Some stores sell things. This one keeps a record.

Opened by Nati and Mama Tabia Kamau-Nataki almost 40 years ago — and holding its corner of West North Avenue for about 35 of them — Everyone's Place is a Black-owned bookstore and African cultural center in the heart of Penn North.

Generations of Baltimore readers have found their history on these shelves. That's the whole story, and it's enough.