It was a town’s only Black-owned bookstore. It is now a refuge for those displaced by the California fires
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Nikki High’s Octavia’s Bookshelf in Pasadena was spared by the fire, but touched by change, it became a hub of relief
Nikki High, founder of Pasadena’s Octavia’s Bookshelf, couldn’t shake the words of…