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Bob Baldock

Robert Lee Baldock (April 30, 1937 – October 22, 2022) was one of the few U.S. citizens to participate in the Cuban Revolution as a combatant in Fidel Castro's unit based in the Sierra Maestra in 1958.[1] He went on to have a substantial career as a bookman.[2] For twenty years he worked at Moe's Books in Berkeley, California, following which he initiated and cofounded the successful Black Oak Books, a store distinguished by its influential series of author readings. After being forced out of Black Oak Books, he went to work for KPFA Radio, the first listener-sponsored FM radio in the U.S. For over twenty years he produced public events for KPFA. As a poster artist he created original posters for these events, a number of which are in the collection of Oakland Museum of California. He was also a painter and maker of fine art prints and broadsides.

  1. ^ *Lives That Changed the World: Fidel Castro, 2007. Discovery Films: Exploration Production, Toronto, Canada. Features Baldock and several others who speak about the effect Castro had on their respective lives.
  2. ^ Recipient of The Decca award for service to the reading community: "Festival Celebration Party Program," 7th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival Nov 2-3, 1996, San Francisco Bay Area Book Council Festival Celebration Party and Presentation of “The Decca” in honor of Jessica Mitford to Bob Baldock, Saturday, November 2, 1996

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