Oliver Brown, an African American welder and assistant pastor, brings a case against the Topeka Board of Education for not allowing his 9-year-old daughter, Linda Brown, to attend Sumner Elementary ...

Updated at 2:00 a.m. ET Tuesday Linda Brown, who as a schoolgirl was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that rejected racial segregation in American schools, died in Topeka, Kan., ...

Chief Justice Earl Warren delivers the Supreme Court's landmark decision abolishing "separate but equal" schools in public education. School Integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C. Photo by ...

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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - On May 17, 1954, the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling brought an end to legal segregation in public schools, granting black students everywhere the right to equal ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- It's one of the most painful periods of America's history. It was just over 70 years ago, on May 17th, 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling that would change ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A special event commemorating the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision will take place later this month at Washburn University. The event will take ...

Park ranger Jeff Tully received the 2025 Excellence in Interpretation Award (Individual) for his work commemorating the 70th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education. Tully organized a homecoming ...

People hit the streets of Topeka for the 6th annual Half Marathon and 5K. The Top City Half Marathon takes runners on quite a ...