Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. This long-term master plan was proposed by the Topeka Board of Education. The District Citizens Advisory Council was asked to have recommendations by March 1984.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. This report from the Topeka School District’s Citizens Advisory Council includes curriculum reviews, computer literacy, and an analysis of the long-term master plan.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. A summary of a preliminary plan presented at a Topeka School Board meeting on April 30, 1974. The plan includes school closures, student reassignment, and more.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Document from the defense answering the second set of questions posed by the plaintiff team during evidence discovery.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Document to the plaintiffs from the defense answering questions about the processes associated with the accreditation of schools in the district.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. This brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals argues that Former Kansas Governor John Carlin did not have the power to affect desegregation and should not be a defendant.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Court brief containing the defense team’s appeal to the circuit court to uphold the district court’s decision that the district is not segregated.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Full list of defense witnesses that can be called during trial. A cover letter from defense attorney K. Gary Sebelius requesting the addition of two more names.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Document to the plaintiffs from the defense answering questions about the geographic boundaries of the school district as presently constituted at the time.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Handwritten analysis and notes and a draft of a report on Topeka Junior High Schools by William Lamson. Some original pages and some photocopied pages.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Handwritten analysis and notes by William Lamson, including incomplete drafts of reports using the analyzed data.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. This was produced by defense team expert witness R. Harrison Hickman. He concludes that people didn’t equate a school being “mainly white” with it being better.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. This essay from an unnamed author examines thirteen court cases that predated the first Brown case taken on by the Kansas Supreme Court that dealt with segregation.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Document to the plaintiffs from the defense answering questions about schools of origin for entering junior high school and high schools students since 1950.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Charts and maps showing enrollment and attendance area breakdowns for every school in the Topeka Public School System from 1950-1985.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. A document defining the regulation and accreditation of Kansas public schools as relating to administration, courses of study, and instruction.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Photocopy of handwritten notes and charts by William Lamson concerning the history of racial segregation in the Topeka Public School District.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Plaintiff attorney’s response to the defense team’s first set of questions directed by defendant Kansas Governor John Carlin.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Plaintiff attorney’s response to the defense team’s first set of questions directed from the defendants associated with the Kansas State Board of Education.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Plaintiff attorney’s response to the defense team’s first set of questions, many of which will need supplemental answers because some answers will be incomplete.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Document to the plaintiffs from the defense answering questions about Topeka school racial demographics that were addressed in an earlier deposition.
In this letter, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Director Smith informs Superintendent of Topeka Public Schools James M. Gray that his department cannot make any demands upon a purchaser concerning racial balance since the all cash, as-is sale has been completed. Gray had earlier requested HUD assistance in the sale of a rental property.
Topeka Public Schools James M. Gray, in a letter to Walter Cade Jr., asks that The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) place constraints on a recently sold rental property in Topeka to ensure that there is a racially balanced mix of occupants.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. Document to the plaintiffs from the defense answering questions about proposed city zoning changes and the district’s level of involvement with those decisions.
Case Data and Exhibits for Brown III, a relitigation of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that corrected resegregation issues caused by open enrollment school choice in 1992. United States District Judge Richard D. Rogers’ opinion on the case. He states the Topeka School District is unitary and the plaintiff’s claims for relief are denied.
