The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Barbara Lett Simmons

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Barbara Lett Simmons

9/28/2004

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2004.183

Education administrator The Honorable Barbara Lett Simmons (1927 - 2012 ) was one of the first African American teachers to integrate the Montgomery County, Maryland, public school system; she went on to serve as education coordinator for the Washington, D.C., Poverty Program. Simmons later worked for the Department of Education, training instructors to teach adult students, before forming BLS and Associates and being elected to the Washington, D.C., Board of Education. Simmons was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 9/28/2004, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 54m 06s

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Simmons, Barbara Lett.

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Barbara Lett Simmons was born on June 4, 1927, in Battlecreek, Michigan; she was raised in a traditional Seventh Day Adventist household, her mother working as a homemaker and her father was a lumberjack and coal contractor. In 1945, Simmons earned her high school diploma from Battlecreek Central High School, where she was a member of the volleyball, basketball, and debate teams; active in the Spanish and yearbook clubs; and worked on the school newspaper.In 1949, Simmons earned her bachelor's o...