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This 1948 leaflet was created by the Citizens Committee on Civil Rights and used in conjunction with a citywide petition later rejected by the Topeka Board of Education. The Citizens Committee on Civil Rights was a group headquartered at the home of Lucinda Todd. The leaflet, circulated around Topeka's black community, requested funds to support the effort. Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Dan Sawyer walked the streets of Topeka to get the petition signed by almost every black household.
Date: 1948
The leaflet helps students understand the grassroots origins of the move to desegregate Topeka's schools. In addition, the leaflet can be combined with other material from the Lucinda Todd collection to provide students with a thorough understanding of her activities related to the Brown v. Board case.
KS: 11th: 3.1: Brown v. Board (2005)
Item Number: 213389
Call Number: Lucinda Wilson Todd Coll. #825
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213389
Collections - Manuscript - Todd, Lucinda Wilson
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1945-1990 (Kansas_Benchmark 3) - Brown v. Board (Indicator 1)
Date - 1940s - 1948
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
People - African Americans - Discrimination - Segregation
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961 - Civil Rights Movement
Type of Material - Printed materials - Leaflet
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/213389
