Brown v. Board of Education:
"The Case of the Century"

Kansas Bar Association

The Kansas Bar Association created a 70-minute video, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: The Case of the Century," and related teaching materials as a project for the 50th anniversary of the landmark decision. The video features a reenactment of the 1952 and 1953 oral arguments presented to the U. S. Supreme Court.

Select from these two QuickTime files:

29.7 mg Movie - QuickTime

58.4 mg Movie - QuickTime

Curriculum materials:

Script - PDF

Introductions - PDF

Glossary - PDF

Timeline - PDF

Teacher Notes - PDF

Historical Background - PDF

Portrayers - PDF

Questions, page 1 - PDF

Questions, page 2 - PDF

Biographies/Portrayers

Copies of "The Case of the Century" will be available at no cost on VHS to interested Kansas educators. To order a copy of the video, contact Meg Wickham, Public Services Manager, Kansas Bar Association, 785-234-5696, mwickham@ksbar.org.