Each child was refused admission and directed to the African-American schools, which were much further from where they lived. In 1951, each of the families attempted to enroll the children in the school closest to them, which were schools designated for whites. The NAACP in Topeka sought to challenge this policy of segregation and recruited 13 Topeka parents to challenge the law on behalf of 20 children. Of “The Work of Democracy: Ralph Bunche, Kenneth B.Based on an 1879 law, the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas operated separate elementary schools for white and African-American students in communities with more than 15,000 residents. Keppel is associate professor of history at the University of Oklahoma and the author Board, Keppel paints a vivid picture ofĪ society at once eager for and resistant to the changes ushered in by this pivotal In thisĬultural history of the impact of Brown v. Together, the work of these pioneering figures provided new codes of conduct and guidedĪmerica through the growing pains of becoming a truly pluralistic nation. Populations coexisted in an atmosphere of harmony and mutual support. To impoverished children, while offering a new vision of urban life in which diverse Public television producer Joan GanzĬooney designed programs like Sesame Street that extended educational opportunities The idea of whiteness as the cultural default. His success with gentle, family-centric humor to create televised spaces that challenged In the lives of regular families, both white and black. Of the country, helped citizens understand the value of the project of racial equality In his Pulitzer Prize–winning studies of children and schools in desegregating regions Psychiatrist and social critic Robert Coles, Through the lens of three cultural “first responders,” author Ben Keppel tracks theĬreation of an American culture in which race, class, and ethnicity could cease to Beyond its repercussions for the educational system, theĭecision also heralded broad changes to concepts of justice and national identity. Segregation in American public schools, brought issues of racial equality to the forefront Board of Education, which ended legally sanctioned
Board' and the Transformation of American Culture,” to be published by LSU Press in January, examines the prominent cultural figures who taught the country how toĮmbrace new values and ideas of citizenship in the aftermath of the groundbreaking Board LSU Press to publish study of the Brown decision's impact on American cultureīATON ROUGE - “'Brown v.
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