Opponents of desegregation used legal maneuvers, school closures, intimidation, and violence to maintain racially segregated schools. The "Southern Manifesto," signed by many Southern members of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A special event commemorating the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision will take place later this month at Washburn University. The event will take ...

If you ask someone to name the Supreme Court’s single greatest moment, many will cite the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. That landmark ruling, which unanimously found that the racial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The collective memory of school desegregation is of anger and division, like in this photo of 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The chains were invisible, but they effectively disenfranchised the descendants of enslaved African Americans or Negros — in the best of times — as they were called during ...

Event to be held May 17 at Townsite Topeka.

The first council was established in Indianola, Mississippi, following the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. These groups used economic and social pressure to intimidate supporters ...

Minnijean Brown-Trickey is one of the original members of the Little Rock Nine, the teenagers who integrated Central High School after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. She shares her Brief ...