Meet the Authors: Judy Juanita & Benjamin Bowser
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Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · 6:00 PM PDT
Until Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · 7:30 PM PDT
Oakland Public Library, Main Library (Bradley C. Walters Community Room) · Oakland · CA
Hosted by Oakland Public Library. Authors Judy Juanita and Benjamin Bowser share readings and discussion exploring Black life in Oakland. Juanita's California Fever Dream: A Memoir chronicles her 60 years in literature and activism, including helping create the nation's first Black Studies department at San Francisco State. Dr. Bowser's When Black People Lived in Oakland looks at the African American presence in Oakland across three periods, from 1890 to today.