Negroes to mark court victory Tuesday night
Creator: Millikan, Mona
Date: May 17, 1954
Level of Description: Item
Material Type: Government record
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K326 Negroes Clippings, v. 8
Unit ID: 211813
Summary: This article in the Topeka Journal outlines how the Topeka black community reacted to the Supreme Court?s decision that segregated schools were unconstitutional, finding in favor of the plaintiffs in the case Brown v. Board of Education. The article includes quotations from MacKenzie Burnett, president of the Topeka NAACP, Oliver Brown (for whom the court case was named), and Lucinda Todd, secretary of the Topeka NAACP. This local chapter had planned a celebration at Monroe Elementary, one of the four segregated black schools in Topeka.
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Title (Main title): Negroes to mark court victory Tuesday night
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Millikan, Mona
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