<p>In this second episode, I interview Jerry Bentley who was one of the students forced to bus to South High to Union as part of the city’s racial integration plan in 1968. </p>
<p>Jerry was also a teacher, tennis coach, and principal at GRPS from 1975-2010.

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In this second episode, I interview Jerry Bentley who was one of the students forced to bus to South High to Union as part of the city’s racial integration plan in 1968. Jerry was also a teacher, tennis coach, and principal at GRPS from 1975-2010.

S1:E2 Jerry Bentley

A compelling portrait of an urban school district in the Midwest is uncovered through the oral histories of those who attended or worked in the Grand Rapids Public Schools in Michigan.

The digital files and transcripts of these oral histories are held by the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives (https://www.graama.org/).

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A compelling portrait of an urban school district in the Midwest is uncovered through the oral histories of those who attended or worked in the Grand Rapids Public Schools in Michigan. The digital files and transcripts of these oral histories are held by the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives (https://www.graama.org/).

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