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Allan Bergano and Dorothy Cordova
From the Collection: Pain and Promise: Remembering the Fight for School IntegrationIn this recording, 91-year-old Dorothy Cordova is interviewed by her nephew Allan Bergano about her experiences as a Filipino-American activist in Seattle during desegregation. Allan, who volunteered to be bused as a student, remembers the lack of opportunity at his impoverished and violent neighborhood schools. Dorothy describes her challenges to Seattle’s educational inequality and the inadequacy of busing alone to solve these problems for students.