Young’s Book Exchange is known as the first African-American bookstore. It was located at 135 West 135th Street in New York City.[1] It was founded in 1915 by George Young,[1] who was a Pullman porter during the 1900s, and became a bibliophile of African-American literature. His bookstore was known as the "Mecca of Literature" for African-American citizens.[1] This bookstore housed approximately 8,000–10,000 volumes.[2]