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Grant School students, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, 2016.

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Grant School students, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, 2016.

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Photo date unknown but was taken at Grant School in Topeka, KS sometime in the early 1900s. Description: In 1954, when Brown v. Board of Education was decided by the Supreme Court, Kansas permitted segregation in schools of first-class cities only and then, only at the elementary level. The question of school segregation in Kansas goes back to the founding of the state in 1861 when only 0.6% of the population was African American in this 'free state'. Legislation passed in 1873 prohibiting officials from making "any distinction on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude". Districts were able to maintain segregated schools unless the area was able to maintain only one school; this is because the law required schools to admit all students regardless of the color of their skin. Areas with one school available could not be segregated. It wasn't until 1926 after a number of elementary schools were built that there was more widespread segregation in Topeka, including the Monroe School where our site is located today.

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1900 - 1910
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