Monday, January 18, 2021

Brown vs Board of Education

#BlackHistory #AmericanHistory  

Sumner Elementary School, Topeka, Kansas, refused to enroll Oliver Brown's daughter, Linda, in 1951. Sumner was closest to their home, however it was racially segregated, requiring Linda to ride a bus to Monroe Elementary School, a Black school. 

He sued the board of education, and lost.

Oliver and Linda appealed to the United States Supreme Court, and in 1954 the Court determined racial segregation to be unconstitutional. 

Monroe Elementary School, pictured, is a designated National Historic Landmark. 

Photograph © 2021 Larry F. Levenson. All rights reserved.

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