Roberta Byrd Barr (January 4, 1919 â€" June 23, 1993) was an American
civil rights activist, television personality, educator, and
librarian. From the mid 1960s to the early 1970s, she hosted a weekly
Seattle television show, Face to Face, which featured guest speakers
discussing issues such as race, education, and welfare. In 1973 she
became the first woman principal of a high school in Seattle.Roberta
Spencer was born in Tacoma, Washington on January 4, 1919.She attended
Lincoln High School and Wilberforce University. She also attended the
New School of Social Research. She later earned a bachelor's degree in
sociology and elementary education as well as a master's degree in
librarianship from the University of Washington.Barr worked as a
teacher and librarian in a number of schools within Seattle. During
the Seattle school boycott of 1966, she headed one of the Freedom
Schools that were set up in protest of the lack of progress towards
desegregation. That same year, she was appointed to the Washington
State Board Against Discrimination.
civil rights activist, television personality, educator, and
librarian. From the mid 1960s to the early 1970s, she hosted a weekly
Seattle television show, Face to Face, which featured guest speakers
discussing issues such as race, education, and welfare. In 1973 she
became the first woman principal of a high school in Seattle.Roberta
Spencer was born in Tacoma, Washington on January 4, 1919.She attended
Lincoln High School and Wilberforce University. She also attended the
New School of Social Research. She later earned a bachelor's degree in
sociology and elementary education as well as a master's degree in
librarianship from the University of Washington.Barr worked as a
teacher and librarian in a number of schools within Seattle. During
the Seattle school boycott of 1966, she headed one of the Freedom
Schools that were set up in protest of the lack of progress towards
desegregation. That same year, she was appointed to the Washington
State Board Against Discrimination.
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