Beverly Hills High Integration Part 1

NORMAN NATION ISOLATED IN 1960s BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Beverly Hills High School, 1968

 

 

 

James Baldwin, Speaker, Assembly, 1969

 

 

Fred Mann (L), ASB President, 1968

 

 

Beverly High, Student Council, Fall 1968

 

 

 

STUDENTS WANT CONTROL, INTEGRATION & CHANGES

 

 

Beverly High Student Council, Fall 1968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverly Hills Board of Education, 1968

LYLE SUTER OFFERS TO HELP INTEGRATE BEVERLY HIGH

 

 

 

 

 

Families, Baldwin Hills & View Park, 1960s

 

 

 

WRITES MEMO TO BOARD OF EDUCATION; JULY 2, 1968

 

John Riddle, Ceramics, BHHS Faculty, 1971

 

 

 

 

 

Lyle Suter, Director, Cultural Arts Center

 

 

KEN PETERS, SUPT. LIKES MR. SUTER’S INTEGRATION OFFER

 

 

Willard Robinson, Principal

 

 

Beverly Hills Board of Education, 1968

PETERS PARTNERS WITH SUTER TO GET STARTED

Kenneth Peters, Superintendent 

 

 

 

Dan Gibson, Instructional Materials

 

BEVERLY HILLS & LOS ANGELES START INTEGRATION PLAN

 

Bill Jenkins, Asst. to Supt., Beverly Hills

 

 

 

 

SCHOOLS DISTRICTS WORK TOGETHER; SEP. 5, 1968

 

 

 

Jim Taylor, Los Angeles School District

 

 

MR. PETERS CONFIRMS PLANS WITH LOS ANGELES, SEP. 1968

Watchtower, Beverly Hills High School, 1968

 

 

 

Ken Peters, Supt. Schools, Beverly Hills

ASKS JENKINS, SUTER & TURNER TO PARTICIPATE

 

 

Dean Turner, Federal Projects, Beverly Hills

 

INTEGRATION PROPOSAL FROM PETERS’ TEAM, 1968

 

 

Morris White, (r) BHHS Class of 1972

 

 

 

Emerson Junior High School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIP = EMERSON, NO BUSES & INCLUSIVE ADVISORY GROUP

Lyle Suter, Art Teacher, Beverly High

 

 

 

Linda Miles, BHHS Class of 1972

 

 

 

Randall Johnson, BHHS Class of 1972

 

 

 

 

Nicholas White, BHHS Class of 1973

 

 

 

ISOLATED STUDENTS START HUMAN RELATIONS CLUB

January 17, 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORMANS DISCUSS RACISM; MINORITY ISSUES, JAN. 1969

Lyle Suter is Co-Faculty Sponsor

 

 

Hakim Jamal, speaker, 1969 BHHS assembly

 

 

Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated, 1968

 

 

Students, Beverly Hills High School, 1968

MR. SUTER INVITES TO STUDENTS TO NEW CLUB

 

 

 

 

 

Human Relations Club Invitation, 1972

 

Beverly High Human Relations Club, 1972

INVITATION DEFINES HUMAN RELATIONS, 1969

 

 

 

 

 

Beverly Hills High School, 1972

 

Human Relations Club, 1972

INTEGRATION AT BEVERLY HILLS HIGH IN THE NEWS

 

 

Dr. Martin Prince, BH School Board

HISTORICAL PROGRAM MAKES LOS ANGELES TIMES

 

 

SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS ANNOUNCE INTEGRATION

 

 

 

“NEGRO” STUDENTS GOING TO BEVERLY HIGH; SEP. 1969

Elinor Nathan, President, Education Board

 

 

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Dr. Martin Prince, Beverly Hills School Board

INTEGRATION PROGRAM IN BEVERLY HILLS NEWS, 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baldwin Hills, CA

 

 

PARENTS & SCHOOL OFFICIALS BACK INTEGRATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Watts Riots, 1965, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Martin Prince, School Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elinor Nathan, President, School Board

 

 

 

 

 

John Levitt, BHHS Class of 1974

 

Peters Coordinates Citizens Committee; Resource Panel

 

 

Sue Radcliffe, Spring Commissioner, 1970

 

 

 

Pat Henning, Counselor & Resource Panel

Integration Program To Be Studied; Jan. 28, 1970

Bernice Hutter, Committee Chairwoman

 

 

 

Ken Peters, School Superintendent

 

CITIZENS COMMITTEE APPROVES INTEGRATION

 

 

Rita Schwartz, Counselor, Resource Panel

 

 

 

Lyle Suter, Art Teacher, Resource Panel

 

 

 

25 MEMBERS & 5 SUB COMMITTEES; MAR. 17, 1970

Bernice Hutter, Committee Chairwoman

 

 

 

Sooky Goldman, APEX Sub-Committee

 

 

 

John Rosemond, Counselor, Resource Panel

INTEGRATION PROGRAM TO CONTINUE

 

 

 

Karen Garrison, BHHS Class of 1973

 

 

 

Joy Foster, BHHS Class of 1973

 

 

 

NEWSPAPER NOTIFIES RESIDENTS, MAR 26, 1970

 

Emerson Junior High School

 

 

 

Joe Beasley, BHHS Class of 1972

 

 

 

Lyle Suter & Sooky Goldman, 1976

INTEGRATION PROGRAM TO CONTINUE, L.A. TIMES

B.H. Advisory Group Urges Continuation

Beverly Hills High School, 1973

 

 

 

Emery Hill, BHHS Class of 1974

 

 

 

Joan Suter, APEX; Tom Bradley, L.A. Mayor

 

 

 

Sheri Woo, BHHS Class of 1974

 

 

 

Integration Program = winning football

 

 

 

Roger Smith, Drama, BHHS Class of 1973

 

 

 

Marcy Williams, Junior Princess, 1971

NEWSPAPER NOTIFIES LOS ANGELES, MAR. 1970

of Student Exchange Program

 

 

Kevin Sims, BHHS Class of 1974

 

 

 

Karen Morisaki, BHHS Class of 1973

 

 

 

Girls Softball Team, Beverly High 1971

 

 

 

Mike Johnson, Watchtower Ad, 1972

 

 

 

Carmelita Morrow, BHHS Class of 1972

 

 

 

Adrienne House & Denise Johnson

 

 

 

“B” AVERAGE NOT REQUIRED FOR PERMIT APPROVAL

 

 

Beverly Hills High, new building, 1970

FAVOR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES & CLASS SUCCESS; APRIL 1970

Bill Jenkins, Asst. to Mr Ken Peters

 

NEW MINORITY STUDENTS; 1970 – 1971

 

 

Gerald Swan, BHHS Class of 1974

 

 

 

Debbie Roberson, Vickie Govan, Angie Grimes

TRACK & FOOTBALL STARS, DRAMA, DRILL TEAM

Paul Takeda, BHHS Class of 1972

 

 

 

Keith Bond, BHHS Class of 1974

 

“ORIENTAL” STUDENTS JOIN BEVERLY HIGH

 

 

Carla Fujimoto, BHHS Class of 1974

LYLE SUTER RECRUITS ASIAN STUDENTS; JUN 8, 1970

Lyle Suter, Art Teacher, 1971

 

PERMIT REPORT: OUT OF DISTRICT STUDENTS

 

 

Bill Jenkins, Asst. Admin. to Supt.

68 INTEGRATION PROGRAM; 233 TOTAL; SEP. 25, 1970

Beverly Hills High Watchtower, 1970

 

INTEGRATION PROGRAM ADDS SIBLINGS; JAN. 1971

 

 

Desiree Thomas Gordy, BHHS Class of 1974

FOR SIBLINGS OF 1ST 1969 MINORITY CLASS

Akasha Johnson, BHHS Class of 1973

 

INTEGRATION PROGRAM APPROVED 1971 – 1972

 

"Front Lawn", Beverly Hills High, 1972

YES, BEVERLY HILLS BOARD OF EDUCATION; JAN. 5, 1971