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Oral history interview with Ferdinand Pearson covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Ferdinand was often kept out of school to help with the family's farm. He attended Bob Johnson School, and had to walk between five to eight miles to get to the school. Some of Ferdinand's siblings were involved in the civil rights lawsuit centered around transportation to and from school for African American children, the case later became known as the Briggs case. An edited transcript is included as Additional Information.
Date: May 17, 1995
Item Number: 514639
Call Number: Brown v. Topeka Board of Education Oral History Collection, Coll. # 251
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 514639
Collections - Audio-visual
Collections - Manuscript - Brown v. Board Oral History
Collections - Oral History - Brown vs Topeka Board of Education
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date - 1990s - 1995
Education - Primary - Students
Education - Primary - Teachers
Education - Secondary - Students
Education - Segregation and desegregation - Brown v. Board
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Audio recording
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 - Audio - Oral histories
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