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According to this article, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged that Topeka USD501 had not fully complied with the Supreme Court ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education case (1954), which had declared segregated schools unconstitutional. The ACLU was representing 17 children who had attended USD501 schools in 1979 and claimed that some public schools had a serious racial imbalance that the school board had failed to address. The article also discusses how the original Brown decision has evolved and been reinterpreted since 1954. In April 1987 the judge would rule that the Topeka school district had removed all traces of racial segregation, although the plaintiffs would appeal this decision at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
Creator: Knudsen, Gwyn
Date: October 5, 1986
This article could be paired with the other article from the Capital-Journal (dated October 15, 1986) to discuss how Brown relates to contemporary issues. In particular it demonstrates how the law (more generally speaking) evolves over time as the courts refine and reinterpret earlier decisions.
KS:11th:3.1:Brown v. Board (2005)
Item Number: 211831
Call Number: K326 Negroes Clippings, v. 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 211831
Collections - Library
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Reform/Advocacy - American Civil Liberties Union
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1945-1990 (Kansas_Benchmark 3) - Brown v. Board (Indicator 1) - Process of integration
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1945-1990 (Kansas_Benchmark 3) - Brown v. Board (Indicator 1) - Segregated schools
Date - 1980s - 1986
Education - Primary
Education - Secondary
Education - Segregation and desegregation - Brown v. Board
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights - American Civil Liberties Union
Government and Politics - State Government - Courts - District Courts
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - African Americans - Discrimination - Segregation
People - Children
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Recent Past, 1975 - present
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211831