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This letter, sent to the Topeka Board of Education members in May of 1953, lists reasons why all teachers are needed and how it is unfair to exclude African American teachers, regardless of the then upcoming Supreme Court decision.

This letter includes revisions on a paragraph for the filings of the case of Brown v. Board.

This letter concerns putting together an argument for the Brown v. Board case.

This letter is from Robert L. Carter of the NAACP, who was working with attorney Charles Scott on behalf of the Topeka plaintiffs in the Brown v. Board of Education case.

This letter is from the Topeka school Superintendent, informing an African American teacher of how her employment would be affected if the Supreme Court decision ruled in favor of desegregating schools.

Marshall was chief counsel for the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund and he argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in front of the Supreme Court on behalf of the Kansas plaintiffs.

Charles Scott was a lead attorney in the local case representing the Kansas plaintiffs in the historic Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision. Scott attended the Topeka public schools and graduated from Topeka High School. After…