History
Crenshaw High opened in 1968. The school was intended to draw students from several African-American neighborhoods, including Baldwin Hills and View Park-Windsor Hills, and a few white neighborhoods. The school's student body began as having mostly poor students because many wealthier African-American parents opted for Westside and private schools. Westside schools included Palisades High School, University High School, and Westchester High School. Many students who attended Crenshaw lived in areas to the east that were zoned to schools that were more violent than Crenshaw. The majority of baseball players were transfer students from areas to the east. Sid Thompson, the second principal of Crenshaw, said that when a student from Baldwin Hills or View Park did attend Crenshaw, the student was an athlete or a "wannabe athlete." Due to discipline issues, by 1979 the school had the nickname "Fort Crenshaw."
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