Description:
Roberta discusses the history of educational discrimination in the area, and recalls how parents protested to get more teachers for the school by keeping their children at home until the superintendant acquiesced. She speaks about the establishment of a council to pursue land claims money, and discusses her work to enroll members of the community as part of that effort. She recalls how her family came to own their land, and then discusses her religious background. She was a member of the Episcopalian church before leaving to begin her own church in her yard. Finally, she discusses her work as a substitute teacher, and returns to a discussion of parents’ advocacy for more teachers.