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87. Byron K. Smith Interview (1:47:00)

Date:
August 27, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
When Byron Smith was in sixth grade, his mother got a call from his teacher. She said, "Byron is out there on the monkey bars and he's sitting on the top bar and he's not hanging on with his hands....

88. Byron Smith - An Eleven-Year-Old Pioneer (06:08)

Date:
July 28, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"She kept finding out that blind students were attending regular public schools in all of the surrounding states and she couldn't figure out why weren't doing that in Indiana," recalls Byron Smith ...

89. Byron Smith - Reading Braille Through Bed Sheets (06:51)

Date:
September 7, 2017
Main contributors:
Indiana Disability History Project
Summary:
"Lights Out!" at the Indiana State School for The Blind didn't deter Byron Smith from his love of reading. He entered the Indianapolis school as a seven-year-old in 1951. He had recently lost his ...