# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Books for Thought Series: The Memoir of John Baptiste Stratford
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for our first Books for Thought program of 2026 with Dr. Leslee Stratford, great-granddaughter of J.B. Stratford.About this EventDuring this program, Dr. Leslee Stratford will discuss her book The Memoir of John Baptiste Stratford: Hero of Black Wall Street which tells the life story of one of Black Wall Street's most successful and wealthiest entrepreneurs. The program includes an author talk followed by a book signing.Dr. Leslee Stratford attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts, a Bachelor of Art Education, and a Master of Fine Arts degree. She received her Doctoral Degree in Educational Administration from Illinois State University. She was selected for Chicago’s Artist-in-Residence program, creating visual arts for the city’s permanent collection.For seven years, she taught art classes at Norfolk State University, a prestigious HBCU. She later served as Dean Emeritus at Berkeley City College and Laney College in California’s Bay Area. Dr. Stratford also lectured at Oxford University in England.Though now retired, she continues her abstract artistic career and is publishing her family and personal history. Dr. Stratford has traveled widely, especially to Paris, France, and currently lives in Sag Harbor, New York, where she was the Artist-in-Residence in 2023.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/dc241da0-19b7-11f1-9467-2923091d78de-rimg-w478-h740-dceae1c4-gmir.jpg
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tulsa/books-for-thought-series-the-memoir-of-john-baptiste-stratford/100001984643885286
- **Event Categories**: art, business, workshops, literary-art, fine-arts
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Tulsa
- **state**: OK
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Greenwood Rising Black Wall St. History Center
- **lat**: 36.1596743
- **long**: -95.98570149999999
- **full address**: Greenwood Rising Black Wall St. History Center, 23 North Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Books for Thought Series: The Memoir of John Baptiste Stratford being held?
  - **A:** Books for Thought Series: The Memoir of John Baptiste Stratford takes place on Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Greenwood Rising Black Wall St. History Center, 23 North Greenwood Avenue, Tulsa, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Books for Thought Series: The Memoir of John Baptiste Stratford?
  - **A:** Books for Thought Series: The Memoir of John Baptiste Stratford is organized by Greenwood Rising, Inc..

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