"Negro" was mentioned, everyone would turn around and stare at him (Grant, 1988, p. 26). No such focus centered on the white students.
Prejudice existed among the faculty as well as the students. Several white teachers used the word "nigger" in the faculty lounge, and the librarian would let a black student have a book only if a white student did not want it (Grant, 1988, p. 30). A researcher who spent time in the school noted that a business math class was predominantly black. Grant and his researchers found in a sample of blacks and whites with constant IQ's the blacks were given significantly lower grades.
Racial tensions mounted, rioting eventually erupted, and the administration spent roughly 90 percent of their time absorbed in disciplinary measures. The racial brawls ground down the teachers. By 1971, 72 percent of the 1966 Hamilton High teachers had resigned, retired, or transferred (Grant, 1988, p. 44).
The years between 1971 and 1979 brought a true social revolution. Student power became more important than teacher p
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