TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - When we talk about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., we also can’t ignore how Northeast Kansas, and Topeka in particular, play a large role in the overall civil rights ...
Oliver Brown, an African American welder and assistant pastor, brings a case against the Topeka Board of Education for not allowing his 9-year-old daughter, Linda Brown, to attend Sumner Elementary ...
Linda Brown, who as a Kansas girl was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools, has died at age 76. Her father, Oliver Brown, tried to ...
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Desegregation lawsuits still remain 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
It's one of the most painful periods of America's history. It was just over 70 years ago, on May 17th, 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling that would change our educational ...
Chief Justice Earl Warren delivers the Supreme Court's landmark decision abolishing "separate but equal" schools in public education. School Integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C. Photo by ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A special event commemorating the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision will take place later this month at Washburn University. The event will take ...
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Part of a national historic site in Topeka is damaged after the driver of a stolen vehicle crashed into it. Kimberly Qualls with the Topeka Police Department said an officer on patrol ...
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