Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Tag: Betty Reid Soskin
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In this 2018 interview with Soskin who retired Thursday at the age of 100, the nation’s oldest park ranger said she considers herself “an absolutely ordinary extraordinary person.”
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The nation’s oldest ranger is hopeful for tomorrow: ‘I get a feeling that change is going to come’
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She became a park ranger at 85 to tell her story of segregation. Now 100, she’s the oldest active ranger. The Washington Post 2021-09-24 Sydney Page Betty Reid Soskin at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif. Soskin is the oldest active ranger in the National Park…
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For many who came west, the war years brought increased opportunity, and rising expectations, which would help fuel the civil rights and women’s movements. For Ms. [Betty Reid] Soskin, who had grown up in racially mixed neighborhoods and schools, it also brought her first experiences with overt, formal segregation. When the war started, she took…
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Chanell Stone for The New York Times Betty Reid Soskin has fought to ensure that American history includes the stories that get overlooked. As she turns 100, few stories have been more remarkable than hers.
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As the oldest career National Park Service ranger, Betty Soskin is unabashed about revealing all of America’s history—and her optimism about our future.
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Now the 96-year-old has written a memoir, “Sign My Name to Freedom,” documenting her history as a political activist, musician and entrepreneur. A longtime resident of the East Bay, Soskin illustrates how the Bay Area laid the groundwork for the national civil rights movement.
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In Betty Reid Soskin’s 96 years of living, she has been a witness to a grand sweep of American history.
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Ranger’s voice spans East Bay history San Francisco Chronicle 2010-01-31 Lee Hildebrand, Special to The Chronicle Betty Reid Soskin is a “phenomenal woman,” to borrow the title of a famous poem by Maya Angelou. In her 88 years, Betty has been a shipyard worker, proprietor of a record store, housewife and mother of four, singer…
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Coin given to US’s oldest park ranger by Barack Obama stolen in home invasion The Guardian 2016-06-30 Sam Levin Ranger Betty Soskin holds a photo of herself has a young woman. Photograph: Alamy The White House is sending a replacement coin to 94-year-old Betty Soskin, who says she hopes she can recover the original from…