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McKinley Burnett

(1867-1968)

  • President of Topeka NAACP
  • In 1950 led challenge against racial segregation in Kansas schools
  • Kansas case became one of five in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka


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  • Podcast - Interview with daughter, Maurita (Burnett) Davis
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