For most of its history, Collier County did not provide an education for the black youth of Naples.

Athletics also were segregated, so the teams had to travel long distances for games.

Blacks were not allowed to attend the Naples High School's games but were permitted to watch through the fence.

In the mid-1960s, Collier County School superintendent Bill Reynolds integrated the faculty of Naples High School by moving Herbert Cambridge, a teacher at Carver, to Naples.

Unlike many segregated districts in Florida, there was no court order and black students were integrated into the white schools with little public comment in 1968.