Manual Arts High School has an incredible history in South Los Angeles that spans more than 100 years. From its humble beginning as the third post elementary institution in the Los Angeles school system to becoming a neighborhood symbol of resilience in South LA, Manual Arts High School has triumphed and transformed into a campus that set the tone for mass public education in early Los Angeles.

In this short piece, I explore three crucial moments in the school's history: The building and destruction of the school; its involvement in a major community disturbance; and its decades-long battle with overcrowding. As always, these short videos will not capture the vast history of this school--or any other South LA institution. If you have a story to add about Manual Arts, leave it down in the comment section below.

Learn more about early Manual Arts High School History (1910 - 1938) at the Los Angeles Public Library - https://ls2pac.lapl.org/?section=reso...

Learn more about LA Promise at Manual Arts - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...

Details when LA Promise took over Manual Arts - https://web.archive.org/web/201201020...

Manual Arts High School Website - https://www.manualartshs.org/apps/pag...

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:18 Establishing Manual Arts High School
3:33 Building Toiler Pride
5:32 1933 Long Beach Earth Quake
7:03 Community Uprising
11:21 Tackling an Overcrowded Campus
12:52 Manual Arts High School Today


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