Share your story about desegregation in Seattle schools

We’re looking for members of our community to share their experiences with StoryCorps and American Experience for the chance to be featured in the Library of Congress.

Share your story about desegregation in Seattle schools — Desegregation oral history project

Caroline Gerdes

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Caroline Gerdes Apr 25, 2023

Apr 25, 2023

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                <h1>Share your story about desegregation in Seattle schools</h1>
                <h2><p>We’re looking for members of our community to share their experiences with StoryCorps and American Experience for the chance to be featured in the Library of Congress.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/caroline-gerdes/">Caroline Gerdes </a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Apr 25, 2023</time></p>
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            <p>KCTS 9 is partnering with national nonprofit <a href="https://storycorps.org/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"><u>StoryCorps</u></a> and the PBS series<em> </em><a href="https://www.kcts9.org/show/american-experience/episodes?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"><em><u>American Experience</u></em></a> to record, uplift and archive our nation's stories, about racial desegregation and educational equity efforts in American schools, as told by affected individuals, administrators, and community members. And we at KCTS 9 and Crosscut invite you to take part!</p><p>We’re looking for members of our community to share their experiences with school desegregation. Here's how it works: You bring someone important in your life with you to the KCTS 9 studio in Seattle. Then, the two of you discuss your experience with school desegregation during a 40-minute conversation and, with your permission, your conversation gets archived at the Library of Congress.</p><p>A StoryCorps recording is a unique opportunity to document history for future generations. Honor someone and invite them to share this experience with you — a community member, a loved one, a friend, or a mentor.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/uploads/2023/04/desegregation_0.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Desegregation " loading="lazy"></figure><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/collaboration-storycorps-school-desegregation/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"><u>StoryCorps and </u><em><u>American Experience</u></em></a> will be recording these conversations at the KCTS 9 studio in May. If you are interested in sharing your story, <a href="mailto:diane_buxton@wgbh.org?subject=StoryCorps%20Seattle%20Recordings"><u>please contact Diane at member station WGBH</u></a> as soon as possible.</p><p><em>Please note: All participants must wear a mask during their StoryCorps and </em>American Experience<em> session.</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/uploads/2023/04/amexperience_caroline.png" class="kg-image" alt="American Experience on PBS " loading="lazy"></figure><p>American Experience on PBS, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.</p>
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KCTS 9 is partnering with national nonprofit StoryCorps and the PBS series American Experience to record, uplift and archive our nation's stories, about racial desegregation and educational equity efforts in American schools, as told by affected individuals, administrators, and community members. And we at KCTS 9 and Crosscut invite you to take part!

We’re looking for members of our community to share their experiences with school desegregation. Here's how it works: You bring someone important in your life with you to the KCTS 9 studio in Seattle. Then, the two of you discuss your experience with school desegregation during a 40-minute conversation and, with your permission, your conversation gets archived at the Library of Congress.

A StoryCorps recording is a unique opportunity to document history for future generations. Honor someone and invite them to share this experience with you — a community member, a loved one, a friend, or a mentor.

Desegregation

StoryCorps and American Experience will be recording these conversations at the KCTS 9 studio in May. If you are interested in sharing your story, please contact Diane at member station WGBH as soon as possible.

Please note: All participants must wear a mask during their StoryCorps and American Experience session.

American Experience on PBS

American Experience on PBS, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

By Caroline Gerdes