“The Challenge We Face”

1. “The Challenge We Face” Overcoming Separate and Unequal Education in the Greater Los Angeles Area

2. May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of EducationThe United States Supreme Court declared that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal”

3. Excerpt from Brown: “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.”

4. 1968 East Los Angeles Walkouts

6. 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.”

7. Public Education in Los Angeles Today

8. 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.

11. Exteriors

12. Roosevelt High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

13. Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

14. Roosevelt High SchoolLos 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

15. Crenshaw High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

16. 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.

17. Palos Verdes Peninsula High School GroundsRolling Hills Estates, CA

18. Palos Verdes Peninsula High School AmphitheatreRolling Hills Estates, CA

19. 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.

20. Beverly Hills High SchoolBeverly Hills, CA

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

22. Beverly Hills High SchoolLos Angeles, CA • 2003-2004: • 73.2% white • 15.6% Asian American • 5.3% black • 3.6% Latina/o

23. Calabasas High SchoolCalabasas, CA

24. Calabasas High SchoolCalabasas, CA

25. Calabasas High SchoolLos Angeles, CA • 2003-2004: • 82.8% white • 8.6% Asian American • 3.7% Latina/o • 1.8% black • Enrollment 1,892

26. Hallways / Lockers

27. Roosevelt High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

28. Roosevelt High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

29. Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

30. Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

31. Crenshaw High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

32. Palos Verdes Peninsula High SchoolRolling Hills Estates, CA

33. Classrooms

34. Crenshaw High School ClassroomsLos Angeles, CA

35. Crenshaw High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

37. Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

38. Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

39. Roosevelt High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

40. Crenshaw High School ROTC and School Police

41. Crenshaw High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

42. Crenshaw High School Los Angeles, CA

43. Cafeteria / Eating Area

44. Roosevelt High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

45. Roosevelt High SchoolLos Angeles, CA

46. Crenshaw High School Eating AreaLos Angeles, CA

47. Beverly Hills High SchoolBeverly Hills, CA

48. Bathrooms

49. Roosevelt High School Los Angeles, CA

50. Beverly Hills High SchoolLos Angeles, CA