The Challenge We Face Overcoming Separate and Unequal Education in the Greater Los Angeles Area

May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education The United States Supreme Court declared that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal

Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other tangible factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does. We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of separate but equal has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Excerpt from Brown:

1968 East Los Angeles Walkouts

Crawford v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles, 1970 Judge Gitelson: The Los Angeles school board knowingly, affirmatively and in bad faith…segregated, de jure, its students and had drawn school boundaries so as to create or perpetuate segregated schools.

Public Education in Los Angeles Today

The Harvard Civil Rights Project has identified California as one of the most segregated states in the nation for Latino and black students today. Los Angeles County is the most segregated county in California. 67% of Latina/o students in Los Angeles County attend % non-white schools. 56% of black students in Los Angeles County attend % non-white schools.

Exteriors

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

: Latina/o 98.9% Enrollment 4,940 Start time 7:20 a.m. 6 students entered UCLA from that years graduating class

Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

: 71.5% black 27.6% Latina/o Enrollment 2,995 4 students entered UCLA from that years graduating class.

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Grounds Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Amphitheatre Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Rolling Hills Estates, CA : 59.8% white 31.9% Asian American 3.6% Latina/o 2.5% black Enrollment:2, students from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School entered UCLA that year.

Beverly Hills High School Beverly Hills, CA

Beverly Hills High School Walk of Fame Beverly Hills, CA

Beverly Hills High School Los Angeles, CA : 73.2% white 15.6% Asian American 5.3% black 3.6% Latina/o

Calabasas High School Calabasas, CA

Calabasas High School Los Angeles, CA : 82.8% white 8.6% Asian American 3.7% Latina/o 1.8% black Enrollment 1,892

Hallways / Lockers

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Classrooms

Crenshaw High School Classrooms Los Angeles, CA

Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

Crenshaw High School ROTC and School Police

Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

Cafeteria / Eating Area

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

Crenshaw High School Eating Area Los Angeles, CA

Beverly Hills High School Beverly Hills, CA

Bathrooms

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

Beverly Hills High School Los Angeles, CA

Sports Facilities

Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Calabasas High School Calabasas, CA

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

Beverly Hills High School Beverly Hills, CA

Beverly Hills High Schools very own World Famous Swim Gym

Auditorium / Theatres

Crenshaw High School Multi-Purpose Room Los Angeles, CA

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

Beverly Hills High School Theatre Los Angeles, CA

Libraries

Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Rolling Hills Estates, CA

Palos Verdes Peninsula H.S. Partial Course List (A-D Only) Academic Decathlon (9,10,11,12) Adapted PE (9,10,11,12) Advanced Orchestra (10,11,12) Advanced Philosophy and Religions (10,11,12) Advanced Projects (9,10,11,12) American Government (12) American Government AP (12) American Government/ELD (12) Applied Physical Science (11,12) Architectural Drawing Technical Arts (10,11,12) Basic Design Fine & Perf. Arts (9,10,11,12) Biology 2 AP Science (10,11,12) Calculus AB/AP Mathematics (9,10,11,12) Calculus BC/AP Mathematics Ceramics 1 (9,10,11,12) Ceramics 2 (10,11,12) Ceramics 3 (11,12) Ceramics 4 (12) Chamber Choir (9,10,11,12) Chamber/Jazz Chorale (9,10,11,12) Chemistry 2 AP Science (10,11,12) College Courses Other (9,10,11,12) Comparative Religions (10,11,12) Computer Science 2 Advanced Projects (10,11,12) Computer Science AP (9,10,11,12) Computer Technologies A (9,10,11,12) Computer Technologies B (9,10,11,12) Computer Technologies C (10,11,12) Concert Band (9,10,11,12) Continuation Education (11,12) Creative Art (9,10,11,12) Creative Cooking (9,10,11,12) Creative Writing (10,11,12) Drama 1 (9,10,11,12) Drama 1 Advanced (9) Drama 2 (10,11,12) Drama 3 Advanced (11,12) Drama 4 Advanced (11,12) Drawing and Painting 1 (9,10,11,12) Drawing and Painting 2 (10,11,12) Driver Education ….

Realize the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education!! Build the New Civil Rights Movement!!

April 1 st 2003 U.S. Supreme Court Hearing of Grutter v. Bollinger

October 16, 2004 Los Angeles Civil Rights March

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