Description
The School Integration Task Force Records document the Task Force's research and findings concerning the San Diego Unified School District's integration plan. These
records contain correspondence, monitor applications and logs, school assignments, student testing results, enrollment statistics,
court orders and charges, task force reports, race/human relations materials, and surveys. The collection dates from 1974-1983,
and is divided into two series: General Files and Reports and Surveys.
Background
In 1967, a group of parents filed a class action lawsuit against the San Diego Unified School District for alleged inequalities
of educational opportunities for students of all ethnic backgrounds. This lawsuit became known as Carlin v. San Diego Board of Education. In 1977, Judge Louis Welsh ruled that the school district must employ a voluntary integration plan to combat segregation.
As part of his ruling, Judge Welsh ordered the creation of the School Integration Task Force. The court charged the task force
with monitoring and evaluating the implementation and progress of the school district's integration plan. The ITF would then
make annual reports to the court at scheduled hearings.
Restrictions
The copyright interests in some of these materials have been transferred to or belong to San Diego State University. The nature
of historical archival and manuscript collections means that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine.
Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. Requests for permission to publish
must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. Permissions
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Availability
This collection is open for research.