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 charts and analysis by William Lamson comparing census data on race by decade from 1950-1980 in Topeka, Kansas.
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. Demographic reports, memorandums, maps with overlays, and handwritten notes titled "Historical Racial Trends in U.S.D. 501's High Schools by William 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. Handwritten charts and spreadsheets by William Lamson analyzing Topeka Public School students by percentage Black, with each individual school broken out.
The totem, while not a field spirit, serves as a significant cultural artifact representing ancestral lineage, identity, and community values. Often intricately carved, it embodies the spirit of unity and protection.
This program booklet is from an event that Tougaloo College, in Tougaloo, Mississippi, set up from July 23 to July 26, 1992. With the theme, “The Beginning That Never Ends,” Tougaloo College president Adib A. Shakir honors Rosewood victims by putting on a family reunion complete with a Sunday school and banquet.
An essay that critiques certain aspects of the New Afrikan Women's Organization (NAWO). The author notes that "this critique is written in the spirit of unity and not for the purpose of dividing and/or malice."
John Woodrow Wilson was a sculptor, painter, printmaker, and educator from Roxbury, MA. Trabajador is a black-and-white depiction of a Black bricklayer working at a construction site. The bricklayer is wearing a ten-gallon hat and overalls and holding bricks as he uses a trowel. There are steel beams in the background.
Charles W. Stallings was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, and educator from Gary, IN. Tragic Figure is a sculpture of a gender-ambiguous person standing on a pedestal. The subject adopts a demure pose as it stares over its shoulders toward the viewer.
Leonard Henderson's cool-colored composition depicts a calm landscape of farmers working a field next to train tracks. The tracks running next to the field may hint at the contrast between urban and rural life, and show the development of rural areas during the turn of the 20th century.
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. Transcript of Michael Tribbey, Assistant Superintendent of Program Audit and Planning for Topeka Public School District, being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen.
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. Transcript of Defense Witness William Clark being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen. Clark was acting as an expert demographic witness for the defense.
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. Transcript of Director of Demographic Services for Topeka Public Schools Gerald A. Miller being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen.
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. Transcript of Superintendent of Topeka Public Schools James M. Gray being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen.
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. Transcript of Topeka Public Schools officials Owen M. Henson, Rex G. Weimer, and Francisco Ybarra being deposed by ACLU attorney Chris Hansen.
Samella Sanders Lewis was a printmaker, painter, sculptor, and art historian from New Orleans, LA. Trapper's Rest depicts a fishing pier at night. Two boats, fishing equipment, and a pier lodge, which fishermen often use for rest and storage, are positioned alongside the pier.
Oliver's painting depicts an accord between settlers and a group of indigenous Americans. Colonizers consistently broke their agreements with tribes and took more and more land from them. Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest are frequent subjects of Oliver's work.
This work by Earl Jones is an abstract, desert landscape of barren trees, emerging from red and orange rings in the ground. Jones was a student at Texas Southern in the mid-1970s and was taught by artists and instructors like Dr. John T. Biggers and Professor Carroll Harris Simms. Biggers frequently urged his students to draw inspiration from nature and their immediate surroundings.
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about multiple disruptions on March 2, 1977, in the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. Several spectators were ejected from the court after Superior Court Judge Theodore Appleby accused the defense team of orchestrating outbursts during evidence submission.
A newspaper from the New Jersey Afro-American about discrepancies in the testimony of trooper James Harper in the trial of Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) for the 1973 killing of a state trooper. In cross-examination, it was revealed that Harper had not seen Shakur fire the shot that had wounded him even though he had claimed that earlier.
A newspaper article from The News Tribune about the testimony of State Police Detective James Challender describing what he saw at the emergency room where Assata Shakur (JoAnne Chesimard) and wounded state trooper Werner Foerster were taken after he was fatally shot. Shakur was on trial for the 1973 murder of Foerster.
Obey’s print is a self-portrait. Under the direction of Dr. Biggers and Professor Simms, students would paint and draw self-portraits and sometimes sculpt self-portraits of their busts. This print depicts Obey in her bra; she also painted a self-portrait in a similar style. Biggers once referred to Obey as "one of our finest painters.”
This is a brochure for Obey’s senior art exhibition. The culmination of the Texas Southern art curriculum is a senior exhibition where students showcase artwork created over the course of their undergraduate studies. The brochure features a photo of Obey, a brief biography, a catalog of the artwork featured in the exhibition, a photo of her terracotta sculpture, a photo of one of her drawings, and a photo of one of her paintings. Dr. Biggers remembered Obey as one of his favorite students.
Obey's senior notebook includes her written philosophy of art, photographs of the artist’s works and her process, and a copy of her senior exhibition brochure. As a part of the Texas Southern art curriculum under Dr. John T. Biggers and Professor Carroll Harris Simms, students would create these notebooks to explain their artistry and showcase the works they created as students.
Attorney Frank De Reeves, Board of Commissioners member in the District of Columbia, discussed the importance of direct community action and legal action in the courts to ensure full participation of American citizens in a democratic society, particularly for southern negros.
The 5th Anniversary of the Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) guest speaker was Mrs. Amelia M. Tucker from Kentucky legislature and her topic foused on racism.
The Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) is celebrating its 6th Anniversity for the Crusade for Citizenship. The message by Mr. John Dor, assistant to the assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Division, the United States Department of Justice.
Series of mass meetings sponsored by the Tuskegee Civic Association. The meeting was held at the Greenwood missionary Baptist church. The speaker for the occasion is Reverend S.T. Martin.
The Tuskegee Civic Association's meeting emphasized the importance of human relations and democratic action, with a focus on improving conditions for African Americans.
