Nkiru Books was one of the longest operating African-American bookstores in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.
Thereafter it was operated as the Nkiru Center for Education and Culture, a nonprofit organization promoting literacy and multicultural awareness for people of color.
[2] With the move to 732 Washington Avenue in Brooklyn, they made the business into a nonprofit organization, naming it the Nkiru Center for Education and Culture.
[3] The non-profit Nkiru Center for Education and Culture organized literacy projects and conducts workshops, storytelling, and lectures.
Its purposes were to improve literacy and to provide a community-oriented meeting place that promotes multicultural education and awareness with a special emphasis on the contributions of African Americans to literature, history, music, art, and the sciences.