La Verne is a very small town compared to the other cities around it—San Dimas, Claremont, and Pomona. It was one of the cities that was born from the “boom” of the Santa Fe railroad. Issac Lord, the founder of La Verne, founded this community in 1887 when he convinced the Santa Fe railroad to extend to this area and promptly named it “Lordsburg.” After Issac Lord’s death in March 1917, Lordsburg’s citizens changed the city name to La Verne, meaning “growing green.” Moreover, La Verne also enriched with greater events that were influenced by the national History. Similar to the other cities in California and across the nation, La Verne also struggled through difficult times, such as the school segregation in the 1920s. Yet, J. Marion Roynon,
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During this period, Slavery was abolished through the 13th amendment that was drafted and ratified by Congress in 1865. This spectacular change toward slavery eventually led to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in 1866. The KKK is one of the anti-movements based in the southern part of the U.S, which supported white supremacy and xenophobic views towards immigrants. Later, the KKK influence also moved westward into Southern California’s cities, such as Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, Fullerton, and Anaheim, bringing the racist attitudes from the south to the western regions. These attitudes were left in the areas until the segregation during the 1900s when public spaces were separated and assigned differently for white people and people of color, particularly, Asians, Blacks, and …show more content…
Even La Verne, a small town located in California, also faced that segregation crisis regarding Education. Educational segregation in La Verne was made possible with the aid of the Santa Fe railroad. Phillips Carroll, a Mexican-American who came to La Verne in 1925, recalled how the railroad aided the separation: “When I came here, all the Mexicans lived south of the rail-way tracks and the children went to a segregated school, also south of the tracks.” Moreover, several schools in La Verne were established differently for the White and the Mexican children. For instance, on the south side of the railroad, the Palomares Elementary School was established for the Mexican and Mexican-American children to attend, while in the north side of the railroad, the Lincoln Grammar School was established for the white children. However, not only was the school buildings themselves were segregated, but the education that the children received was also unequal. As mentioned by a student who attended Palomares Elementary School, “As I asked my mother and aunt, they told me that each class had 4 grades to a class. Teacher didn’t speak Spanish and students did not speak English, how would I learn?” This issue continued on with children that lived on the south side of the railroad and, later, became more difficult for them as they
During this period, Slavery was abolished through the 13th amendment that was drafted and ratified by Congress in 1865. This spectacular change toward slavery eventually led to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in 1866. The KKK is one of the anti-movements based in the southern part of the U.S, which supported white supremacy and xenophobic views towards immigrants. Later, the KKK influence also moved westward into Southern California’s cities, such as Huntington Beach, Los Angeles, Fullerton, and Anaheim, bringing the racist attitudes from the south to the western regions. These attitudes were left in the areas until the segregation during the 1900s when public spaces were separated and assigned differently for white people and people of color, particularly, Asians, Blacks, and …show more content…
Even La Verne, a small town located in California, also faced that segregation crisis regarding Education. Educational segregation in La Verne was made possible with the aid of the Santa Fe railroad. Phillips Carroll, a Mexican-American who came to La Verne in 1925, recalled how the railroad aided the separation: “When I came here, all the Mexicans lived south of the rail-way tracks and the children went to a segregated school, also south of the tracks.” Moreover, several schools in La Verne were established differently for the White and the Mexican children. For instance, on the south side of the railroad, the Palomares Elementary School was established for the Mexican and Mexican-American children to attend, while in the north side of the railroad, the Lincoln Grammar School was established for the white children. However, not only was the school buildings themselves were segregated, but the education that the children received was also unequal. As mentioned by a student who attended Palomares Elementary School, “As I asked my mother and aunt, they told me that each class had 4 grades to a class. Teacher didn’t speak Spanish and students did not speak English, how would I learn?” This issue continued on with children that lived on the south side of the railroad and, later, became more difficult for them as they