135 results for: Seattle Public Schools
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Roberta Byrd Barr sitting at desk, May 4, 1967
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.04
Date:1967
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Roberta Byrd Barr with Law Forum student panelists, Seattle Center, March 21, 1968
In 1968, the Seattle-King County Bar Association and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sponsored a series of four free public forums on “What Everyone Should Know About the Law.” The second forum of the series, “Juvenile Rights and Responsibilities,” featured a panel of six high school students and seven adults, most of whom worked in fields related to youth and the law.…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.05
Date:1968
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Roberta Byrd Barr speaking at school levy rally, May 3, 1971
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.06
Date:1971
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Roberta Byrd Barr rehearsing "Peace Child" with students, October 1984
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.07
Date:1984
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Ned Behnke in his studio, Seattle, August 1981
Robert E. "Ned" Behnke (1948-1989) began painting while a student at Bellevue High School, and had a career as an artist, teacher, and advocate for the deaf community. Born deaf, Behnke helped found an arts program for deaf students at Cornish College of the Arts in 1974. He also taught art in the public schools through a Seattle Arts Commission…
ID Number:2000.107.018.33.01
Date:1981
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Ned Behnke painting in his studio, Seattle, August 1981
Robert E. "Ned" Behnke (1948-1989) began painting while a student at Bellevue High School, and had a career as an artist, teacher, and advocate for the deaf community. Born deaf, Behnke helped found an arts program for deaf students at Cornish College of the Arts in 1974. He also taught art in the public schools through a Seattle Arts Commission…
ID Number:2000.107.018.33.02
Date:1981
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Sinina Moeun and Phalkun Tep, Seattle, May 31, 1989
During and after the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, an estimated one million Cambodians sought refuge in other countries. Over 130,000 eventually settled in the United States between 1975 and 1985, often after long periods spent in refugee camps in Thailand. Many Cambodians settled in Washington state, with the majority of those living in King County. As…
ID Number:2000.107.031.02.03
Date:1989
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Yueh-Chun Chang lifting weights, June 29, 1993
Yueh-Chun Chang (b. 1970) was a competitive powerlifter from 1989 to 1998. During her powerlifting career, Chang won five national and three world championships and set five world records. In 1995, the U.S. Powerlifting Federation named her Best Lifter. As a child, Chang participated in the SCATS program, Seattle Public School’s child acrobatic demonstration team developed by Sue and Bud…
ID Number:2000.107.034.15.01
Date:1993
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Yueh-Chun Chang and Willie Austin, June 29, 1993
Yueh-Chun Chang (b. 1970) was a competitive powerlifter from 1989 to 1998. During her powerlifting career, Chang won five national and three world championships and set five world records. In 1995, the U.S. Powerlifting Federation named her Best Lifter. As a child, Chang participated in the SCATS program, Seattle Public School’s child acrobatic demonstration team, developed by Sue and Bud…
ID Number:2000.107.034.15.02
Date:1993
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Thelma Dewitty, September 3, 1947
Thelma Dewitty (1912-1977) joined the faculty of Seattle Public Schools in September 1947, one of the first two Black teachers hired by the district. Dewitty previously taught in Texas for 14 years, but segregationist policies there prevented her from attending graduate school, and she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington. Dewitty was hired in 1947 to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.03.01
Date:1947