Acty, Ruth. First African American teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District : oral history transcript, 2001

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Title:: Ruth Acty, first African American teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District : oral history transcript
Dates:: 2001
Creators:: Acty, Ruth, 1913-1998 Lange, Jerri, 1925- Pipe, Therese, interviewer
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Extent:: 1 v. (xii, 122 l. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
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Preferred citation:: Ruth Acty, first African American teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District : oral history transcript. Berkeley Historical Society

Scope and content:: Acty discusses her life in the Bay Area and career in Berkeley, as an elementary, middle, and adult school teacher and as teacher of English as a second language; desegregation in Berkeley schools; experiences with racism in Berkeley. Longtime friend Jerri Lange is also interviewed about her recollections of Acty and experiences of racism in Berkeley schools.

Subjects:: Racism--California--Berkeley
African American teachers--California--Berkeley
School integration--California--Berkeley
Oral histories

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Berkeley Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:: 2001
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

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Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright is held by the Berkeley Historical Society. Permission to publish should be addressed to the Oral History Committee of the society.

Preferred citation:: Ruth Acty, first African American teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District : oral history transcript. Berkeley Historical Society

Location of this collection:: Berkeley Historical Society

1931 Center Street

Berkeley, CA 94704, US