Una Mulzac

Una Mulzac (April 19, 1923 – January 21, 2012) was a Harlem-based bookseller and founder of "Liberation Bookstore", which specialized in political and Black power materials.^[1]

Life

Mulzac was born in Baltimore, daughter to Hugh Mulzac, a socialist and the first black commander of a ship in the United States merchant marine. She grew up in Bedford Stuyvesant, where she graduated from Girls High School.

In 1963, Mulzac moved to British Guiana; after fighting for revolution, she was injured in a bomb attack.

In 1966, she moved to Harlem; in 1967, she opened Liberation Bookstore.^[1] Mulzac was on the executive board of the Harlem chapter of the NAACP.^[2]

Her grand nephew is Sharrif Simmons, a poet and songwriter.^[3]

Sources

• Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America, Little Brown, 2011, ISBN 978-0-316-01723-7

Notes

1. Douglas Martin, "Una Mulzac, Bookseller With Passion for Black Politics, Dies at 88", New York Times, Feb. 5, 2012.
2. The Crisis. Mar 1958. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
3. "interview". WBHM.

External links

• Slutsky, Irina. "Barnes & Noble Says No to Harlem USA". Columbia. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
• Douglas, Laura (October–November 2000). "Save Harlem's Liberation Bookstore!". The Multiracial Activist. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
• Jacob McKean, "Last Chapter Draws Near at Mainstay Harlem Bookstore", Columbia Spectator, October 31, 2003.
• "Liberation Bookstore Inventory for Purchase -- Immediate Response Appreciated". Now Rise Books. August 9, 2010. Retrieved February 5, 2012.