Audio produced by StoryCorps Studios in partnership with GBH Boston.
In this recording, former Seattle School Board member Suzanne Hittman speaks to the Board’s former lawyer Mike Hoge about desegregation. Suzanne describes her goal on the Board as the improvement of education for all residents regardless of race, citing her memory of Japanese Internment as a key motivator. Suzanne recounts her role in the desegregation plan in Seattle and the dramatic backlash the School Board faced from all sides of the community.
Audio recorded on May 23, 2023 at KCTS in Seattle
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