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Topeka’s Brown v Board era and enduring segregation
Carolyn Campbell recalls finishing sixth grade at McKinley Elementary in 1954 as the Brown v Board ruling reshaped Topeka’s schools. The landmark decision ended segregated schooling, yet Campbell and others reflect on a legacy of cancelled contracts and continued racial isolation in later generations.
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Nick Krug
Journal-World Photo
Mecca Cameron
McEachron
Topeka
Elizabeth Eckford
Little Rock
Ark
Mecca
Kamarion Smith
Brown v. Board of Education
Carolyn Campbell
McKinley
U.S. Supreme Court
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
Brown
Topeka Public Schools Board
Campbell
State Board of Education