Bledsoe's letter to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), helps students understand the basic legal issues concerning the Brown v. Board case and school segregation in Topeka, as well as Kansas as a whole. In addition, Bledsoe's letter can be used in conjunction with the NAACP LDF's reply (#213410) to give students an idea of how local and national branches of the NAACP interacted during the period.

KS: 11th: 3.1.: Brown v. Board (2005)

Item Number: 213409
Call Number: Lucinda Wilson Todd Coll. #825
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213409

Collections - Manuscript - Todd, Lucinda Wilson
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1945-1990 (Kansas_Benchmark 3) - Brown v. Board (Indicator 1) - Kansas' lead role in the Supreme Court case
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1945-1990 (Kansas_Benchmark 3) - Brown v. Board (Indicator 1) - Segregated schools
Date - 1950s - 1950
Education - Segregation and desegregation - Brown v. Board
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States Supreme Court
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Discrimination - Segregation
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961 - Civil Rights Movement
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters