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Betty Reid Soskin is America’s oldest park ranger, famous for tirelessly shedding light on the forgotten history of racial segregation in California.
Back in the 1960s, Betty was also a singer/songwriter with a voice like Billie Holiday and the relevance of Nina Simone, but her songs haven’t been heard for 40 years.
Sign My Name to Freedom is a critically acclaimed memoir and a feature documentary about Betty, her lost music and her experiences confronting housing segregation in the Bay Area of California.
"Betty Reid Soskin is a revelation;
her story, a window into a more complicated, heroic,
inclusive 20th century; her life a testament to affirmation in the face of adversity.
That she might also–amidst a set of astonishing careers
become a protector and interpreter
of our National Parks only makes her story that much more astonishing."
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