285 10 9668 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/4277c26c0d7c045009d89b6d3de21fbb.jpg 332c54ad3ae59511122baed193d1e03e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to African American School Teacher. Description An account of the resource 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. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Brown Foundation Collection Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 13, 1953 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/4748d780e6d0114508233c4e8d854e5a.jpg dc03398e2a2fc89f69b85302ae87d48f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Administration and Teaching Faculty of Topeka Schools, ca. 1949. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived J. B. Anderson Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH MS-P 1230 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/384c1a78d47e7674d59906b80f84419f.jpg 41a0fadc276048d582df4ae973e350b5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thurgood Marshall Description An account of the resource 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. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived J.B. Anderson Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH MS-P 1230:2.16 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/c12887e02507cb50e7ef4cf8c8f2d332.jpg de8a094ceb82b339d7c0cb29a3014e80 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles S. Scott, Attorney. Description An account of the resource 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 returning to Kansas from WWII, Scott earned his Bachelor’s of Law degree in 1948 and got his Juris Doctorate in 1970 from Washburn University. After earning his Bachelor's degree, Scott joined his father's law firm; he worked for integration of elementary schools in South Park, Johnson Co., Kansas and for access to Topeka theatres, restaurants, and pools. During the mid-1960s, Scott worked as a voluntary lawyer with the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee traveling to Mississippi to aid civil rights workers; he also served as a national legal counsel for the Congress of Racial Equality's (CORE). Beyond practicing law, he also taught part time at both the University of Kansas (1970-1971 in the Political Science Department) and Kansas State University (1971 in the Community and Urban Planning Department). Scott was a longtime member of the NAACP, serving for many years as chair of the Topeka Branch's Legal Redress Committee; he was also founder and chairman of the Coordinating Committee of the Black Community. Scott was an active member of many other organizations, including: Asbury Mt. Olive United Methodist Church, the Elks (Lodge No. 1441), and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Charles S. Scott Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH MS-P 1145:1.1 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/aaa48528d6e622986d8f21c2842991cd.jpg 0cec001d186854d8e04cbf31dca6ef89 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cleveland Elementary School class, c. 1940s/1950s. Description An account of the resource Mr. Russell Cartwright, Principal Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas.  Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Russell Cartwright Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH MS-P P577.11 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/68d5698584b58dae5d63dbf702c8fc1c.jpg de1dab3c7caeb4912239de82bc2469c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Grade School Class, early 1900s, Hoxie, Kansas. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived William Long Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH PH 26.252 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/81968818eac3caea1a1fdaabe7bffe25.jpg 9432983acd61548140b1d92a6fea132c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burnett School, # 62, early 1900s. Description An account of the resource Early 1900s Douglas County, Kansas Ms. Lotta Watson, teacher. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Shane-Thompson Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH PH 500 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/bb194476a6fe129cbaedc9c03a36dee5.jpg 1d13098ab0efe6688ef6aaf347a3ce6f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lowman Hill School in Topeka, KS, 1892. Description An account of the resource Students in this First Grade Class reflect some of the racially integrated student bodies in Topeka’s elementary schools during the late 19th century. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Topeka Public Schools Photographs Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH PH 151.12 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/3b8a92bab3314df947284dba419d2ce0.jpg 053282c7db0342e64bdce692801ae039 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/9e82e97e73b71f5dbd8874477bd81607.jpg 21a8b9f26171f6cdc0a8b18154821835 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Topeka High Ramblers and Cheerleaders, 1940s, Topeka High School, Topeka, Kansas. Description An account of the resource Organized in 1935, the Topeka High Ramblers Basketball Team and Cheerleaders afforded African Americans an opportunity to participate in high school athletics. Most African American high school students were prohibited from participating in school team sports unless they were African American Teams. Merrill Ross Collection Photographer: J.B. Anderson, Topeka, Kansas Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Merrill Ross Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH MS-P P558.15 https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/ce40111e8529a5bd64393276c14602e0.jpg 5032ce95f405b0133afab54386fd72f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ms. Lois Abbott’s Kindergarten Class, 1955. Description An account of the resource Washington School, Topeka, Kansas Established for African American students in 1904, Washington school supported the largest student body among the city’s four African American schools in 1954 and continued to do so for the remainder of the decade. However, Washington was located less than ten blocks away from Parkdale, a pre-1954 school for whites. Washington School closed in 1962. Parkdale School closed in 1978. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Joe Douglas Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RH PH 90.42