African American Resources in Topeka
Thematic Nomination and Multiple Property Documentation
National Register of Historic Places
Shawnee County
This Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF), African American Resources in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, is organized around properties associated with the African American experience in Topeka from 1854, which marks the formation of the Kansas Territory, through 1975, the approximate year when Urban Renewal projects came to an end and the relocation of those displaced was complete. This year also serves as the approximate year of transition into a new phase of the Civil Rights Movement.1= This MPDF provides a context for understanding the conditions that encouraged, hindered, or were associated with African Americans in Topeka, as well as a basis for evaluating historic resources that are intricately tied to specific themes in the Black experience in Topeka.
