Board of Education ... As a result, from 1984 to 1989, about 21,500 Black teachers lost their jobs, according to one study of the impact of reliance on licensure exams and policies.

“They denied the Black kids to go to that school,” said Tony Adams, one of the church’s board members. The remaining Walker students were forced to find comfort in the two-classroom building.

A Black family whose history in Altadena spans generations lost 20 homes in the Los Angeles wildfires, destroying decades of legacies built in the community. "I lost everything," said Oscar Benn.