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ntering Marcus Books, the nation’s longest continuously operating independent Black bookstore, is like stepping into living U.S. history. The shop occupies a corner on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in West Oakland. Outside, a faded mural on the garage next to the brick storefront depicts the Bay Bridge, a map of Africa in the colors of the Black Liberation flag, and the