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The program featured the coronation of Donald Smith and Bonnie Dandridge as king and queen for selling the most tickets for the project. The event included performances by students from Washburn University and Lincoln University.

Convention theme: Every Child An Equal Chance Sumner Elementary School, Leavenworth, Kansas. Staff F. Johnson Collection

A life-long resident of Lawrence, Kansas, Ms. Dillard graduated from the University of Kansas in 1896. She began her teaching career in Lawrence at Pinckney School for their segregated class of African American students. Later, she served as…

Organized in 1926, the National Congress of Colored Parents-Teachers Association worked to improve conditions in schools for children and teachers. Featured on the cover of this publication is the organization’s founder, Mrs. Selena Sloan Butler…

Organized in 1925, the Kansas Colored PTA promoted the welfare of children, youth, parents and teachers in schools, homes, churches and communities.

Faculty Members of Lincoln School, 1952-1953 Atchison, Kansas Lincoln was the elementary school assigned to all African American students residing in Atchison, Kansas. Featured in this page of the school’s yearbook are Evelyn Harper, principal, and…

Washington School PTA Fundraiser Program Topeka, Kansas, 1952. The program featured the coronation of Donald Smith and Bonnie Dandridge as king and queen for selling the most tickets for the project. The event included performances by students from…

Christmas letter from principal Daniel Lewis of Grant School, an African American grade school in Kansas City, Kansas, to the parents and teachers, December, 1942. A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Lewis (1897-1989) moved to Kansas for his college education.…

New Responsibilities In A Changing Society, 1954 Convention Theme Kansas Colored Parents and Teachers Association Annual Meeting Held at Cleveland School Auditorium in Coffeyville, Kansas. Address delivered by Joseph F. Barnes, President of Kansas…