Roberta Byrd Barr

Roberta Byrd Barr (Janairu 4, 1919 - Yuni 23, 1993) 'yar Amurka ce mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a, mai fafutukar talabijin, mai ilimi, kuma mai kula da laburare. Daga tsakiyar shekarun 1960 zuwa farkon shekarun 1970, ta dauki nauyin wani shirin talabijin na Seattle na mako-mako, Face to Face, wanda ya kunshi baki masu jawabi suna tattauna batutuwa kamar launin fata, ilimi, da walwala. A shekarar 1973 ta zama mace ta farko da ta zama shugabar wata makarantar sakandare a Seattle.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Roberta Spencer a Tacoma, Washington a ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1919.  name="HistoryLink"> 

Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Lincoln da Jami'ar Wilberforce . Henry, Mary T. (9 November 1998). "Barr, Roberta Byrd (1919-1993)". HistoryLink. Retrieved 15 December 2019. Ta kuma halarci Sabuwar Makarantar Bincike Kan Jama'a.  Daga baya ta sami digiri na farko a fannin ilimin zamantakewa da ilimin firamare da kuma digiri na biyu a fannin laburare daga Jami'ar Washington . 

 Aiki a matsayin mai ilimi da kuma mai kula da ɗakin karatu 
Barr ta yi aiki a matsayin malamar makaranta kuma mai kula da laburare a makarantu da dama a Seattle. Henry, Mary T. (9 November 1998). "Barr, Roberta Byrd (1919-1993)". HistoryLink. Retrieved 15 December 2019. A lokacin kauracewa makarantun Seattle na 1966, ta jagoranci ɗaya daga cikin Makarantun 'Yanci da aka kafa don nuna rashin amincewa da rashin ci gaba wajen kawar da wariya.  A wannan shekarar, an naɗa ta a matsayin memba na Hukumar Yaƙi da Wariya ta Jihar Washington. 

An naɗa ta mataimakiyar shugabar makarantar sakandare ta Franklin a shekarar 1968, bayan da ɗalibai 150 suka yi zaman dirshan suna zanga-zangar korar ɗaliban mata baƙaƙe waɗanda suka zaɓi sanya gashin kansu a salon da ya dace da yanayinsu.   A shekarar 1973, Barr ta zama shugabar makarantar sakandare ta Lincoln, ta zama mace ta farko kuma 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta zama shugabar makarantar a gundumar Makarantun Jama'a ta Seattle . 

 Aiki a wasan kwaikwayo da talabijin 
Aikin Barr a fannin wasan kwaikwayo ya fara ne lokacin da ta fito a wani shirin Cirque Theatre na A Raisin in the Sun tare da Greg Morris . Henry, Mary T. (9 November 1998). "Barr, Roberta Byrd (1919-1993)". HistoryLink. Retrieved 15 December 2019. Ta dauki nauyin wani shirin KCTS-TV mai suna Let's Imagine inda ta ba da labarai ga yara ƙanana. 

Ta jagoranci wani shirin shiga masu kallo mai suna Face to Face a KING-TV daga 1965-1970 da kuma a KCTS daga 1971-1972. Barr ta yi hira da mutanen da aka dauke su masu tsattsauran ra'ayi fiye da sauran shirye-shiryen talabijin, ciki har da Cesar Chavez . Furodusan shirin, Jean Walkinshaw, ya bayyana Barr a matsayin "mai farkar da al'umma ga duk wani abu da aka yi watsi da shi."

 Gado 
An sake wa ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin jama'a ta Seattle suna Byrd Barr Place (wanda asali shi ne Shirin Motsa Jiki na Tsakiya wanda ke cikin Tashar Kashe Gobara ta Seattle mai lamba 23) a shekarar 2018 don girmama Barr, wanda a wani lokaci ya kasance marubuci ga jaridar wata-wata ta ƙungiyar; ƙungiyar ta mai da hankali kan inganta rayuwar mutanen da ke da ƙarancin kuɗi a duk faɗin Jihar Washington. 

Hoton Barr yana rataye a reshen Douglass-Truth na ɗakin karatu na Seattle domin girmama ƙoƙarinta na haɓaka tarin littattafan Afirka-Amurka na ɗakin karatu. 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1993
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1919