![]() ![]() She received an MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University in 1993 and taught writing at Laney College in Oakland from 1993-1992. In 1969, she became the youngest faculty member of the nation’s first black studies program at SF State, teaching Black Journalism and Black Psychology.Īfter moving to New Jersey, Juanita was awarded New Jersey Arts Council Fellowships for her poetry and worked as a Poet-in-the-Schools in New Jersey. She worked on the newspaper and the BPP Breakfast for Children program while finishing her BA at SF State. ![]() When Eldridge Cleaver was jailed after the 1968 shootout in West Oakland, Huey appointed her editor-in-chief of the BPP Intercommunal Newspaper. She joined and began working full-time for the Black Panther Party (BPP). As a junior at San Francisco State, she joined the Black Student Union and met up with Huey and Bobby again. Here debut novel Virgin Soul published by Viking (2013) Virgin Soul is based on her own experiences.īorn in Berkeley and raised in Oakland, 16-year-old Judie Hart enrolled at Oakland City College where she first met fellow students Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Page Library is celebrating its second season of the Josephine Yates literary author series featuring National Bestselling Author/Writer/Professor Judy Juanita will grace the campus of Lincoln University this November. ![]()
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