The Legacy of Kansas Territory

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Brown v Board did not allow states to continue operating "separate but equal" schools. It ruled this practice unconstitutional.

An integrated Kansas rural school, ca. 1900

Kansas was a party to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling declaring "separate but equal" public schools unconstitutional.

Before 1954, Kansas allowed cities of 15,000 or more to operate separate elementary schools based on race. In many Black schools, the quality of education was equal to that of White schools. In the Brown v. Board case, though, Blacks successfully argued that their children suffered psychological damage by being isolated in separate schools.


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