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At 100, The National Park Service's Oldest Active Ranger Is Still Going Strong
Posted September 23, 2021 from NPR — By Jonathan Franklin — Betty Soskin has accomplished a lot over the course of her life. She's been a published author, a songwriter/activist ... -
Oldest park ranger in the U.S. turns 100
Posted September 23, 2021 from ABC News — Betty Reid Soskin of Richmond, California, celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 22. She is a national park ranger and said she’s ... -
East Bay District Names School After Betty Reid Soskin on Her 100th Birthday
Posted September 23, 2021 from NBC Bay Area — On the day the oldest park ranger in the United States turned 100 years old, the West Contra Costa School District ... -
Betty Reid Soskin, Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger, Honored With School Renaming On 100th Birthday
Posted September 23, 2021 from KPIX 5 News — On Wednesday, Betty Reid Soskin, the East Bay author, social justice activist and oldest living National Park Ranger, celebrated her 100th ... -
Bob Moses interviewed by Julian Bond: Explorations in Black Leadership Series
Julian Bond interviews Bob Moses, who joined with him in 1960 as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Moses played pivotal roles in voter registration drives, sit-ins ... -
C.L. Dellums And Romancing the Rails
This segment of the 1 hour, prime time special that first aired September 25, 1988 on WUSA, Romancing the Rails, focuses on the Sleeping Car Porters who played a major ... -
Legacy Of The Pullman Car Porters
CBS News' Randall Pinkston chronicles the history of the Pullman car porters, African American train car employees who worked virtually nonstop in the hopes of fulfilling the American Dream. -
Pullman Porters - Ordinary Men, Extraordinary History
They made beds and cleaned toilets. They shined shoes, dusted jackets, cooked meals and washed dishes. Yet the Pullman porters created history in the face of adversity and racial prejudice. ...
