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THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING WITH US

70th Anniversary Brown
vs.
Board of Education

May 17th, 1954 - 2024

Photo by Carl Iwasaki/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images.

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70TH ANNIVERSARY BROWN COALITION

The Coalition came about through outreach from the National Park Service to re-establish a collaborative working relationship with The Brown Foundation for Educational Excellence, Equity, and Research.  

COMMEMORATING TOGETHER

Community groups unite to honor the on-going legacy of

Brown v. Board of Education

and the US Supreme Court's decision to hear all five 1952 school desegregation cases collectively.  

 

Belton v Gebhart (Delaware)

Bolling v Sharp (Washington, D.C.)

Briggs v Elliott (South Carolina)

Brown v Board of Education (Kansas)

Davis v Prince Edward County School Board (Virginia)

This grouping was significant because it showed school segregation as a national issue, and not just a regional one.

Click on each location to learn more about the case. You can also visit The Brown Foundation here.

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GALLERY OF COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS

Special Thank You to Brian Peters Photography

"This is an exciting time for not just Topeka and America, but for the entire world. We can look back seventy years to see how far we have come and then look forward to assess how far we yet need to go.  So much hangs on the continued work that the Brown decision set in motion."

- Dr. Beryl New, Coalition Co-Chair and Kansas African American Affairs Commissioner 

The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal 

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In raw and intimate detail, trauma surgeon Dr. Brian H. Williams narrates not only the events of the night that thrust him into the national spotlight, but his grief and anger as a Black doctor on the front lines of trauma care. Working in the physician-writer tradition of Atul Gawande and Damon Tweedy, Williams diagnoses the roots of the violence that plagues us. 

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"70th Brown Anniversary Coalition Sparks Community Discussion on Gun Violence and Racism"

"The 70th Brown Coalition’s mission is to take a proactive approach and find solutions to the social determinants leading to gun violence in the community. This includes education and health care access and quality, environmental factors, economic stability, and social context."

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Thank You to Mad Marketing for the event promotion and photos.

Thank You to KTWU for capturing the event on video. You can view the play here:

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An Evening of Reflections with

John W. Marshall

Son of US Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall

Thank You to Alona Harrison for the photography.

Thank You to Black MentoURs for live streaming which you can find here:

Our Team.

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Glenda Washington

Chair

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Cheryl Brown Henderson

Coalition Progenitor-The Brown Foundation

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Dr. Beryl New

Co-Chair

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Monique Pittman-Lui

Executive Producer

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