McKinley Burnett

McKinley Burnett

McKinley Burnett (1897-1968), President of the Topeka Chapter of the NAACP. For two years, Mr. McKinley lobbied the Topeka School Board, convened community meetings, wrote letters and helped recruit litigants for the Topeka case in the 1954 Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision. QUOTE: The Supreme Court decision “….makes me feel I’m an American Citizen in the true sense of the word. It will enable me to sing my Country Tis of Thee without making myself a hypocrite.” May 17, 1954, The Topeka Journal