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Humanities Kansas: “Will We Overcome? Brown at 70”

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Humanities Kansas is also hosting a series of programming celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed! Join Cheryl Brown Henderson, Founding President of Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, in conversation with Dr. Valerie Mendoza as they discuss the legacy of her family and what the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decisions means today, 70 years later. Registration is required ... Read More

The five plaintiffs in Clemons v. Board of Education and their attorneys stand in court on Sept. 29, 1954 while on their precedent-shattering mission. Front row, left to right: Plaintiffs Elsie Steward, Roxie Clemons, Zella Cumberland and Gertrude Clemons. Back row, left to right: Attorney Russell L. Carter, plaintiff Norma Rollins and attorneys Constance Baker Motley and James H. McGee. Photo by Harvey Eugene Smith of AP

Lincoln School Documentary Public Broadcast Premiere

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Ohio Humanities' documentary film The Lincoln School Story premiers on WOSU TV in Columbus! When their school district refused to integrate after Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, a group of Black mothers in Southwest Ohio marched their children to the white school, demanding admission, only to be turned away every day for two years. Their activism ... Read More

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