Youth & Education
What is Topeka?
This Kansas city is where Linda Brown was
What is 1954?
The year the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education.
What is "Reading with Ms. Linda"?
The educational program Linda Brown created for young children
What is Monroe Elementary School?
the former segregated school Linda attended, now a national historic site.
Who is Linda Brown?
"All of us are products of the decision of 1954."
What is Monroe Elementary School?
The segregated school Linda had to attend, despite a closer school
What is "separate but equal"?
The legal principle that the 1954 decision declared unconstitutional.
What is the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research?
The organization founded by her sister Cheryl to promote educational equality.
Who are Bill Clinton and Barack Obama?
Two U.S. presidents who honored Linda Brown for her role in history.
What is a sense of inferiority?
The Supreme Court ruled that school segregation had this effect on Black children.
What is a railroad switchyard?
The dangerous area Linda had to cross to reach her school.
What is that segregation caused a sense of inferiority in Black children?
The key argument used to prove segregation harmed Black children
What is 1979?
The year Linda reopened the Brown v. Board case to challenge ongoing segregation.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The impact of Brown v. Board on later civil rights cases.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The major civil rights movement that followed Brown v. Board
What is Central High School in Springfield, Missouri?
The high school Linda graduated from in 1961.
Who is Earl Warren?
The Chief Justice who wrote the unanimous opinion for the case.
What is that Topeka had successfully integrated its schools?
The federal judge's ruling in 1993 about Topeka's school integration.
What is Topeka, Kansas?
The city where Linda spent most of her life and passed away.
What is "separate but equal"?
The name of the doctrine Brown v. Board overturned.
What are Washburn University and Kansas State University?
The two universities Linda attended.
What is Brown v. Board of Education II?
The second case Linda Brown was involved in, years after the first.
What is public speaking across the country?
What is public speaking across the country?
What is the foundation for continued efforts in educational equality?
The long-term effects of Brown v. Board on American schools
What is resistance and slow integration by some states?
The reason some schools remained segregated even after 1954.