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11. Interview of James Taylor

Topic:
African American History
Education
Length:
3.3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents efforts to secure quality education for Black students in the Los Angeles area in the years 1950-2000. This includes the issues of integration/desegregation, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and the struggle against discriminatory hiring practice...
Biographical Note:
Deputy superintendent for the Los Angeles Unified School District and first principal of Locke High School in South Central Los Angeles. Architect and a founder of the Young Black Scholars Program.

12. Interview of Louise Groves Squibb

Topic:
Education
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews who founded or served on the staff of college preparatory schools in Southern California in the middle decades of the twentieth century.
Biographical Note:
Wife of Paul Squibb, the founder and first headmaster of the Midland School in Los Olivas, California.

13. Interview of Thompson Webb

Topic:
Education
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews who founded or served on the staff of college preparatory schools in Southern California in the middle decades of the twentieth century.
Biographical Note:
Founder and headmaster of Webb School in Claremont, California.

14. Interview of Floraline Stevens

Topic:
African American History
Education
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents efforts to secure quality education for Black students in the Los Angeles area in the years 1950-2000. This includes the issues of integration/desegregation, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and the struggle against discriminatory hiring practice...
Biographical Note:
Director of research and evaluation for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Senior research fellow for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and Program Director for the National Science Foundation (NSF).

15. Interview of Edwin B. Angier

Topic:
Education
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Describes the establishment of Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture in San Fernando Valley and its evolution to Los Angeles Pierce Junior College.

16. Interview of Bernard Butcher

Topic:
Education
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Describes the establishment of Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture in San Fernando Valley and its evolution to Los Angeles Pierce Junior College.

17. Interview of Howard A. Campion

Topic:
Education
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Describes the establishment of Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture in San Fernando Valley and its evolution to Los Angeles Pierce Junior College.

18. Interview of Alvin Cleveland

Topic:
Education
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Describes the establishment of Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture in San Fernando Valley and its evolution to Los Angeles Pierce Junior College.

19. Interview of Leroy Chitwood

Topic:
Education
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Describes the establishment of Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture in San Fernando Valley and its evolution to Los Angeles Pierce Junior College.

20. Interview of Vierling Kersey Sr.

Topic:
Education
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Describes the establishment of Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture in San Fernando Valley and its evolution to Los Angeles Pierce Junior College.