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Historical note
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Acquisition note
Related Archival Materials
Title: Crawford et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles et al. records
Collection number: 0234
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 Linear feet
4 boxes
Date: 1976-1980
Abstract: Crawford et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles et al. was a case in which the California Supreme Court ordered
the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to formulate a feasible plan to desegregate its schools. In 1977, the LAUSD
came up with a plan that was later deemed
one of, if not the most, drastic plans of mandatory student reassignment in the nation. The collection consists of court case transcripts, court exhibits, depositions, reports, office memos, correspondence, articles
clippings, notes, files from the superintendent's office, plans considered in desegregating schools, and other miscellaneous
documents from the time the defense was being prepared. The collection dates from 1976-1980.
creator:
Los Angeles Unified School District.
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Crawford et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles et al. records, Collection no.
0234, Regional History Collections, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Regional History Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Organization
The records are organized into six series: Court Records, Reports Entered in Case, Office of Superintendent, Aguilar v. Board
of Education, Phillip B. Jordan Memos, and William J. Johnston Memos. Original order was kept in organizing the collection
and for the most part, original folder titles and series names were used in describing the materials.
Historical note
Crawford et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles et al. was a case in which the California Supreme Court ordered
the Los Angeles Unified School District to formulate a feasible plan to desegregate its schools. In 1977 the LAUSD came up
with a plan that was later deemed
one of if not the most drastic plans of mandatory student reassignment in the nation. The board proposed a desegregation busing plan which would be implemented in 1978. In response to the proposal the group
Bustop Inc. filed two lawsuits which were petitioned to the United States Supreme Court to stop the enforced busing plan.
Both lawsuits were titled Bustop, Inc. v. Los Angeles Board of Education and the Supreme Court denied both petitions.
Following the proposed busing plan, California voters ratified California Constitutional Proposition 1 to stop mandatory pupil
reassignment and busing within the LAUSD unless the reassignment was mandated by a federal court to remedy a violation of
the Equal Protection Clause of the Federal Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment. The proposition passed in 1979 with 70% of
the vote. In 1982, the Supreme Court heard the case and the Court agreed that Proposition 1 did not violate the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Wikipedia contributors, "Desegregation busing in the United States," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desegregation_busing_in_the_United_States
(accessed December 21, 2010).
Scope and Content
The collection consists of court case transcripts, court exhibits, depositions, reports, office memos, correspondence, article
clippings, notes, files from the superintendent's office, plans considered in desegregating schools, and other miscellaneous
documents from the time the defense was being prepared, 1976-1980.
Acquisition note
The collection was transferred from USC's Education Library to Special Collections in December, 1991.
Related Archival Materials
Paul Egly Papers (Collection 1282). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
The Desegregation Collection 1976-1983 (Collection 56). Available at the Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA.
Los Angeles School Monitoring Committee Records (Collection 1291). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arias, M. Beatriz
Bustop (Organization).
Carillo, Jess M.
Crawford, Mary Ellen
Farley, Reynolds, 1938-
Johnston, William J.
Jordan, Phillip B.
Los Angeles (Calif.). Board of Education.
Los Angeles Unified School District. Office of Government Relations.
Orfield, Gary
Pettigrew, Thomas F.
Rabinovitz, Francine F.
Correspondence
Education--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Law reporting--Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Archival resources
Reports
School integration--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
School integration--Law and legislation--Archival resources
Segregation in education--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Transcripts