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Roberta Byrd Barr, 1966
Order an ImageRoberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Byrd Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the alternative Freedom School, a temporary, free school for African American students, at the YMCA.
From 1965 to 1972, Barr moderated the television show “Face to Face,” featuring discussions with guest speakers and the audience on race, desegregation, education, equity, and other topics often overlooked in the media. Roberta Byrd Barr was appointed vice-principal at Franklin High School in 1968, and principal at Lincoln High School in 1973, the first woman to serve as principal of a Seattle Public School.
This photograph shows Roberta Byrd Barr seated at a desk in 1966.
Caption information source: "Barr, Roberta Barr (1919-1993)" by Mary T. Henry, HistoryLink.org Essay 306.
From 1965 to 1972, Barr moderated the television show “Face to Face,” featuring discussions with guest speakers and the audience on race, desegregation, education, equity, and other topics often overlooked in the media. Roberta Byrd Barr was appointed vice-principal at Franklin High School in 1968, and principal at Lincoln High School in 1973, the first woman to serve as principal of a Seattle Public School.
This photograph shows Roberta Byrd Barr seated at a desk in 1966.
Caption information source: "Barr, Roberta Barr (1919-1993)" by Mary T. Henry, HistoryLink.org Essay 306.
ID Number: 2000.107.014.25.01
Date: 1966
Creator(s):
Brownell, Tom, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.014.25.01, photo by Tom Brownell
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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