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- Black Educators in Los Angeles, 1950-2000 Oral History Series documents efforts to end discrimination in the Los Angeles Unified School District including the desegregation of the city’s schools, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and advocating for more effective curricula and achievement levels
- LAUSD Board of Education Historical Records, 1875-2012 includes materials on desegregation, integration, the Crawford v. Board.
- UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Oral History SeriesInterviews in this series include individuals who were instrumental in creating and guiding the Center for African American Studies at UCLA to a position of widely recognized excellence among the nation's African American studies departments, centers, and institutes.
- William Everett Welmers papersWilliam Everett Welmers (1916-1988) was a professor of linguistics and African languages at UCLA. His publications include Igbo: a learner's dictionary (1968), African language structures (1973), and A grammar of Vai (1976). The collection consists of Welmers's professional papers, including tape recordings, research materials and notes, printed and manuscript writings, data, word lists, manuals, vocabulary notes, and papers by students and colleagues. The material reflects the relationship between his linguistic research and missionary activities, including information on aspects of linguistics, Central and Southern African history, classification of African languages, and specific African languages such as Igbo, Kpelle, Lugbara, and Yoruba.