enter archives
\nat bakersfield high school
\nlook left at long
\nglass case displaying
\nhandwritten grade book
\nnote highlighted name
\nearl warren
\nread four years reports
\nrevealing history his best
\nsubject and three times
\nearned his top grade in final quarter
\nmany students before and since
\ndoubtless had similar trajectories
\nonly didn\u2019t become three term
\ngovernor of california or
\nchief justice of supreme court
\nwho patiently shaped support
\namong colleagues to declare
\nseparate but equal
\nunconstitutional and must
\nbe dismantled starting with
\nbrown v. board of education
\nbanning segregation
\nin schools<\/p>\n
Editorial note: Earl Warren graduated from Kern County High School, now Bakersfield High, in 1908, and guided the Supreme Court to its landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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