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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…

Mr. Russell Cartwright, Principal Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas.

Early 1900s Douglas County, Kansas Ms. Lotta Watson, teacher.

Students in this First Grade Class reflect some of the racially integrated student bodies in Topeka’s elementary schools during the late 19th century.

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…