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Mrs. Betty Mitchell, Michael's maternal grandmother, ca. 1910s.

Mrs. Champine 5th Grade Class at Parkdale School, February 15, 1961.

Once designated as one of the city’s white-only elementary schools, Parkdale began including African American students in 1955.

Mrs. Evelyn Harper, former principal of the African American Lincoln Elementary School in Atchison, Kansas, teaching a class at Atchison High school in 1955.

Mrs. Halbrook directs a student (Mrs. Lorance) in giving a special hair style to a customer, n.d.

A black-and-white photograph of three women. One woman is sitting and wearing a cape draped over her front. A second woman stands beside her and is styling her hair. A third woman stands on the other side of the seated woman. At the bottom of the…

Mrs. J. W. Jones Memorial Chapel, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, Funeral Record Book.

Mrs. Ray's First Grade Class,
Topeka Public Schools, Topeka, KS

Mrs. Ruth Lorance and her daughter Vivian Lorance [at Wesley Hospital], n.d.

A black-and-white photograph of a woman lying in bed holding an infant. A vase of flowers stands on a nightstand beside the bed. At the bottom of the image is a typed caption that reads: "Mrs. Ruth Lorance & her daughter Vivian Lorance (Wesley…

Mrs. Thomas and her three girls, n.d.

A black-and-white photograph of Mrs. Thomas and her three young daughters. Mrs. Thomas is sitting on the floor with one of the girls in her lap; the other two girls stand on either side of her. A Christmas tree is visible in the background, and there…

Ms. Lois Abbott’s Kindergarten Class, 1955.

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.…