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

“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 90-100% non-white schools.

• 56% of black students in Los Angeles County attend 90-100% non-white schools.

Exteriors

Roosevelt High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA


• 2003-2004:

• Latina/o 98.9%

• Enrollment 4,940

• Start time 7:20 a.m.

• 6 students entered UCLA from that years graduating class

Crenshaw High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

• 2003-2004:

• 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

• 2003-2004:• 59.8% white• 31.9% Asian American• 3.6% Latina/o• 2.5% black• Enrollment: 2,819• 77 students from Palos Verdes

Peninsula High School entered UCLA that year.

Beverly Hills High SchoolBeverly Hills, CA

Beverly Hills High School “Walk of Fame”Beverly Hills, CA

Beverly Hills High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

• 2003-2004:• 73.2% white• 15.6% Asian American• 5.3% black• 3.6% Latina/o

Calabasas High SchoolCalabasas, CA

Calabasas High SchoolCalabasas, CA

Calabasas High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

• 2003-2004:• 82.8% white• 8.6% Asian American• 3.7% Latina/o• 1.8% black• Enrollment 1,892

Hallways / Lockers






Palos Verdes Peninsula High SchoolRolling Hills Estates, CA

Classrooms

Crenshaw High School ClassroomsLos Angeles, CA





Crenshaw High School ROTC and School Police



Cafeteria / Eating Area



Crenshaw High School Eating AreaLos Angeles, CA


Bathrooms


Beverly Hills High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

Sports Facilities



Palos Verdes Peninsula High SchoolRolling Hills Estates, CA

Calabasas High School Calabasas, CA




Beverly Hills High School’s very own “World Famous” Swim Gym

Auditorium / Theatres

Crenshaw High School Multi-Purpose Room

Los Angeles, CA




Beverly Hills High School TheatreLos Angeles, CA

Libraries


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

October 16, 2004 Los Angeles Civil Rights March

JoinThe Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)

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