Celebrate the Women; Roberta Byrd

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Series
Celebrate the Women
Episode
Roberta Byrd
Producing Organization
KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)
Contributing Organization
SCCtv (Seattle, Washington)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-9077191cec7
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Description
Episode Description
Roberta Byrd – The first female and first black principal of a major high school in Seattle. At the same time, moderator of the controversial television series Face to Face on KING TV (NBC affiliate) during the 60’s. Part of a series of "mini docs" to honor Washington state's women for the state’s Centennial, 1989. Series has profiles of: Helen Thayer, Roberta Byrd, Helma Ward and Mary Walker. Funded by Washington Centennial Commission. Funded by Washington Centennial Commission.
Broadcast Date
1989
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Documentary
Topics
Film and Television
Women
History
Race and Ethnicity
Biography
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:06:10.704
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Editor: Walkinshaw, Jean
Host: Hunt, Suzi
Interviewee: Byrd, Roberta
Producer: Walkinshaw, Jean
Producing Organization: KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Seattle Colleges Cable Television
Identifier: cpb-aacip-d3f2e4771fe (Filename)
Format: Hard Drive
Duration: 00:10:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Celebrate the Women; Roberta Byrd,” 1989, SCCtv, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 1, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-9077191cec7.
MLA: “Celebrate the Women; Roberta Byrd.” 1989. SCCtv, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 1, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-9077191cec7>.
APA: Celebrate the Women; Roberta Byrd. Boston, MA: SCCtv, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-9077191cec7