The Fear of Color: "Webb v. School District No. 90 in Johnson County, Kansas," 1949

Autor/inn/en	Davis, Donna M.; Friend, Jennifer; Caruthers, Loyce
Titel	The Fear of Color: "Webb v. School District No. 90 in Johnson County, Kansas," 1949
Quelle	In: American Educational History Journal, 37 (2010) 2, S.331-345 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1535-0584
ISBN	978-1-6173-5102-0
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Racial Bias; Racial Segregation; School Districts; United States History; Educational History; Court Litigation; Equal Education; African Americans; State Legislation; Whites; Teacher Attitudes; Kansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Rassentrennung; School district; Schulbezirk; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Rechtsstreit; Afroamerikaner; Landesrecht; White; Weißer; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	About 50 miles east of Topeka, Kansas, in what is now the suburban town of Merriam sits South Park Elementary School. Built in 1947 for white children at a cost of $90,000, the school at that time showcased eight modern classrooms, a multi-purpose auditorium, a lunchroom, and playground. Today, the building serves as a monument to a struggle for equality in education that predated the landmark "Brown v. Board of Education" case by five years. While the battle in Topeka was obviously significant, it is critical to recognize smaller, yet equally intense efforts of resistance that helped build the foundation for educational and social justice that was necessary for Thurgood Marshall and others to be successful. Indeed, the tiny community of South Park became the site of a well-coordinated campaign to end racial segregation in their public elementary schools, where black parents argued that "the statutes and laws of this state do not permit common-school districts to segregate colored pupils from white pupils." The community's proximity to Topeka and the resulting legal case--"Webb v. School District No. 90"--provided some of the groundwork for attacking the separate but equal doctrine. In this paper, the authors outline the events leading up to the "Webb v. School District No. 90" case and provide a snapshot of an emerging town dealing with issues of race. (Contains 7 figures.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10