A Kansas Memory Podcast

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: "What bothers me now is that it didn't bother me then."

The documents used in the Brown podcast are available on

• Charles I. Baston Interview
  Baston was a member of the executive committee of the local chapter of the NAACP during the Brown v. Board hearings, and much of his interview deals with the NAACP's role in finding plaintiffs in the Brown case, the problem with bussing students across to segregated schools, and other individuals who were instrumental to the success of this suit.
• Fred Rausch Jr. Interview
  Rausch was elected to the Topeka School Board in 1957, shortly after the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision that declared segregated educational facilities unconstitutional. He was partially responsible for the integration of teachers.