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1. Interview of Alfred Moore

Topic:
Education
African American History
Length:
21 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 practic...
Biographical Note:
Assistant superintendent, principal, and educator of all ages in Los Angeles Unified School District.

2. Interview of Owen Knox

Topic:
Education
African American History
Length:
7 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 practic...
Biographical Note:
Teacher, elementary school principal, and assistant superintendent for the Los Angeles Unified School District. UCLA adjunct professor of education and Pepperdine University assistant professor of education. Founder of Council of Black Administrators (COBA), National and Western Regional Councils...

3. Interview of Sidney Thompson

Topic:
African American History
Education
Length:
9.75 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 practic...
Biographical Note:
First African-American superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. University of California, Los Angeles coordinator of education-related research.

4. 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 practic...
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.