[4] Events through the Free Black Women's Library typically involve Akinmowo physically bringing the book collection to different places, such as street corners and community spaces.
[2] The collection includes works from many authors, such as such as Octavia Butler, Audre Lorde, Monique W. Morris, Zora Neale Hurston, and Toni Morrison.
[2] The organization hosts temporary libraries in different neighborhoods of New York City on a monthly basis, such as Bed-Stuy, and has also been present at the NY Art Book Fair.
[5] In 2019, Asha Grant founded the Los Angeles chapter of the Library, which continues to operate in a mobile capacity through direct donations and trade at pop-up locations, or at selected drop-off centers that "actively support marginalized communities.
"[7] In July 2020, Grant announced a permanent space in Los Angeles, a bookstore named Salt Eaters in Inglewood, "where young Black girls, women, femmes and gender-nonconforming people never have to search for stories that represent them, because they will be front and center".