Telling Our Stories: The Legacy of Black Newspapers in Bakersfield

Sat Jun 06 2026 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm UTC-07:00

701 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, CA, United States, California 93301 | Bakersfield

KCL - Beale Memorial Library
Publisher/HostKCL - Beale Memorial Library
Telling Our Stories: The Legacy of Black Newspapers in Bakersfield
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Join Local Historian, Katherine Sutton Jordan and News Observer Editor, James Luckey for this informative exploration into some of Kern County's oldest black newspapers and bulletins, as well as our current county paper The News Observer role in today's media landscape!
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701 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, CA, United States, California 93301

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