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  • Desegregation in the "Cradle of Liberty"

    • Locations: Boston National Historical Park, Boston African American National Historic Site
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    The struggle for equal education in Boston began in the late 1780s and continued through the 1970s when turbulent protests engulfed the city. Historic sites that now comprise the National Parks of Boston served as the setting for several of the movement's most contentious moments.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with Teri Gage

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    A white female park ranger with medium length brown hair wearing her green and grey service uniform

    Teri Perry Gage, former administrative assistant at Brown v. Board of Education discusses the early days of the sit and its transition from the local post office to the school.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with Warren Bielenberg

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    a balding older white man with short brown hair, brown glasses, and a white mustache

    Mr. Warren Bielenberg discusses hist time as Chief of Interpretation for the Midwest Region and the work that he did for Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. He describes the trajectory of his career with the National Park Service, beginning in 1967.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with H. Tyrone Brandyburg

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    middle aged Black male park ranger with black and gray short hair, black glasses and a mustache

    Mr. Tyrone Brandyburg discusses his work as Chief of Interpretation for Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site between 1997 and 2000.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with Treva J. Sykes

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    an older white woman with curly brown and white hair, speckled glasses and a black and white shirt

    Ms. Treva Sykes recounts how she came to be hired by the National Park Service to be the maintenance worker for the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in 1995.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with David Given

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    an older white woman with curly brown and white hair, speckled glasses and a black and white shirt

    Ms. Treva Sykes recounts how she came to be hired by the National Park Service to be the maintenance worker for the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in 1995.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with Theora McVay

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    Headshot of an older white woman with short white hair, black glasses a red shirt and brown sweater

    Ms. Theora McVay traces the course of her career with the National Park Service beginning in 1975. She explains how cooperative agreements work and what she did as administrator of the Midwest Regional Office’s cooperative agreement with the Brown Foundation.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with Sändra J. Washington

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    portrait of an older black woman with short black hair wearing a brown grey and black shirt

    Ms. Sändra Washington describes the course of her career with the National Park Service, beginning in 1990. She briefly describes the earliest studies for Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site before it was established as a national historic site by Congress.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Adams

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    An older white man with white hair and metallic rimmed glasses in a white shirt and blue sweater

    Mr. Adams describes his career with the National Park Service, beginning in 1974, prior to his move to Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in early December of 1999.

  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

    Oral History Interview with Sherda K. Williams

    • Locations: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park
    headshot of an older woman with short brown and white hair and purple glasses smiles

    Ms. Sherda Williams begins by detailing the course of her career with the National Park Service beginning in 1990. She discusses her first impressions when she arrived as superintendent of Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. 

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