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CIVIL RIGHTS – Brown vs. Board of Education

In 1950, members of the Topeka, Kansas, Chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine governing public education through a class action suit when they were denied the opportunity to enroll their children in the white only schools.  When the Topeka case made its way to the United States Supreme Court it was combined with other NAACP cases from Delaware, Virginia, South Carolina and Washington, D.C.  The combined cases became known as Oliver L. Brown et. al. vs. The Board of Education of Topeka (KS).  On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision overturning “separate but equal” as unconstitutional, stating that segregation in public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment.

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Complaint against Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, February 26, 1951

Court order, Oliver Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, March 1, 1951

Memorandum, DDE to Secretary of Defense re: Segregation in Schools on Army Posts, March 25, 1953

Letter, Texas Gov. Allan Shivers to DDE re: school segregation, July 16, 1953

Letter, DDE to Texas Gov. Allan Shivers re: school segregation, July 21, 1953

Letter, DDE to South Carolina Gov. James Byrnes stating his views on school segregation, August 14, 1953

Letter, Louisiana Gov. Robert Kennon to DDE, November 20, 1953

Letter, South Carolina Gov. James Byrnes to DDE, November 20, 1953

Letter, DDE to Louisiana Gov. Robert Kennon, November 30, 1953

Letter, DDE to South Carolina Gov. James Byrnes, December 1, 1953
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Letter, DDE to Swede Hazlett, boyhood friend, Captain, USN, October 23, 1954

Letter, DDE to Swede Hazlett, boyhood friend, Captain, USN, July 22, 1957

 

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