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. The map depicts the city of Topeka in 1964 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka in 1963 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
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. William Lamson handwritten note on top right corner: "1963-1968" with several structures on the map hand marked by Lamson.
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. Hand drawn markings by William Lamson to indicate population shifts within the city of Topeka in 1963.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka in 1960 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka from 1958-1959 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
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. William Lamson handwritten note on top right corner: "1958-9, L.2 & L.16."
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. William Lamson handwritten note on top right corner: "1958-9, L.1 & L.16" with several structures on the map hand marked by Lamson.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka from 1956-1957 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka in 1955 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka from 1954 and includes hand drawn markers from William Lamson marking several structures and population shifts.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka in 1954 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
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. Hand drawn markings by William Lamson to indicate population shifts within the city of Topeka in 1952.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka from 1952-1953 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
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. The map depicts the city of Topeka from 1951-1952 and William Lamson hand marked each grade school, junior high school, and high school on the map.
A full church choir sings passionately. Hatter chose this location to make use of the rectangular shape of the doorway, suggesting the arrangement of a choir standing on risers. The exit sign, which was previously embedded on the wall, cast rays of light across the choir members’ faces.
Romeyn van Vleck Lippman was a 19th-century painter and educator. Church is a portrait of a man and woman with a cathedral in the distance. The woman embraces herself and glances away from the man as he leans toward her. They both wear red cloaks, and the woman wears a white headdress.
John Woodrow Wilson, a sculptor, painter, and printmaker from Roxbury, MA, was known for his creative portraits and stylistic approach to social justice. Church is a cityscape that centers an old steepled church under a cloudy, blue sky. There is a clergyman dressed in red standing in front of the church's entrance.
Richmond Barthe was a sculptor from Bay St. Louis, MS. Christina is a plaster and bronze bust of a woman with a pensive expression mounted on a dark pedestal.
A photograph of Christ Temple Church on Lamar Street in the Farish Street Historic District. The denomination, which has over 160 member churches in the U.S., was founded ca. 1896 in Jackson by the Rev. Charles Price Jones. A historical marker was erected in front of the church in 1992 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Dr. Eddie Jordan, Sr. was a Southern artist from Wichita Falls, TX. Christ Crowned with Thorns is a metal bust of Jesus with African features. The bust has a metal thorned crowned installed atop it.
A letter form the Charles G. Gomillion to Mrs. L.E. Carter thanking her for allowing the children’s choir to sing this pact Tuskegee Civic Association meeting.
Tinker’s drawing shows three children lounging around a fallen tree. The two girls are depicted with elongated limbs, and the rightmost girl also has oversized hands. Dr. Biggers influenced his students to draw the hands and feet of their subjects in great detail and disproportionately large. This style continues to be taught to and implemented in the works of TSU artists in the 21st century.
John Woodrow Wilson was a sculptor, painter, and printmaker from Roxbury, MA. Child With Father shows a baby wrapped in cloth as large shadowy hands are folded around the baby, making a round, square-like shape.
An article from Daily News about Lennox Hinds, president of the National Conference of Black Lawyers, speaking out against his critics for his support of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) after being cited by The Ethics Committee of the Middlesex County Bar Association during Shakur’s trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper.
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about the testimony of defense witness Dr. Arthur Turner Davidson, a surgeon with emphasis on traumatic surgery, during the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. He goes into detail about the injuries Shakur and the others sustained in the shootout.
A newspaper article from The Star-Ledger about the testimony of defense witness Dr. David Spain during the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. He testified about the wounds she sustained, arguing that she couldn’t have shot from a crouching position due to the position of her wounds from the shootout.
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about items entered into evidence by the prosecution in the Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) trial for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. The slain trooper’s bloodied uniform shirt was submitted into evidence, as well as bullet fragments pulled from the body, autopsy photos, and two firearms.
A newspaper article from The Star Ledger about Superior Court Judge Theodore Appleby postponing jury selection for the murder trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper until September after her new defense team was late to file pre-trial motions.
