Halls of Anger (1970)

Starring:

• Calvin Lockhart
• Janet MacLachlan 
• Jeff Bridges
• James A. Watson Jr. 
• Otis Day

Storyline
The court-ordered desegregation of an inner-city Los Angeles high school brings 60 white students into the predominantly African-American student body. African-American teacher Quincy Davis (Calvin Lockhart) reaches out to all his students, enticing Lerone (DeWayne Jessie) to advance his reading skills with racy paperbacks, protecting new student Douglas (Jeff Bridges) after a race-motivated beating and trying to quell a potential student strike led by the militant J.T. (James A. Watson Jr.).