Brown v. Board 50th Anniversary Coalition Home Page

The Brown v. Board 50th Anniversary Coalition was established in 2000 for the purpose of networking community efforts surrounding various celebrations:

Brown v. Board
50th Anniversary

Territorial Kansas
150th Anniversary

City of Topeka
150th Anniversary

Lewis and Clark
Expedition
200th Anniversary

Coalition Members Include:

Brown Foundation

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site

City of Topeka

Kansas African-American Affairs Commission

Kansas Humanities Council

Kansas State Historical Society

Mayor's Council on Diversity

NAACP of Topeka

Topeka Back Home Reunion

Topeka Convention and Visitors Bureau

Topeka Public Schools

Washburn University of Topeka

Photograph: Coalition co-chairs: Ronald Griffin and Steve Adams.
Coalition Co-Chairs:
(left to right)
Ronald Griffin, Professor of Law, Washburn University
and
Steve Adams, Superintendent, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site

The Brown v. Board 50th Anniversary Coalition was formed as a collaborative alliance representing a cross-section of national, state, and local interests to commemorate significant milestones and to celebrate the convergence, in 2004, of several turning points in Kansas History. One of the main goals of the Coalition is to educate the public regarding the key role played by the state of Kansas in shaping national and international policy. Important forces behind this history include people with long-standing Kansas roots beginning with Territorial Kansas and continuing through the presidential administration of Kansan Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Current Coalition Activity:
Marching Toward Justice
The History of the 14th Amendment
A Tribute to Thurgood Marshall

Exhibit Dates:
May 17-28 at the Kansas Judicial Center, 301 W. 10th
May 30 - June 30 at the Kansas History Center, 6425 SW 6th

View photographs from the
Exhibit Preview and Opening Reception

Photograph: Thurgood Marshall, Autherine Lucy, and supporters after leaving the courthouse where they obtained a court order admitting Lucy to the University of Alabama in 1956.

The Marching Toward Justice Exhibit was created by the Keith Collection at Wayne State University to inform the public about the importance of the 14th Amendment and our ongoing quest to realize the high ideals of the United States Declaration of Independence.

This exhibit illustrates our country's past promotion of justice and equality while condoning enslavement and oppression. That African Americans were long denied due process and equal protection under the law remains a historical dichotomy in a country of democratic ideals.

The national tour of this exhibit has been made possible through a generous donation by General Motors Corporation.

For more information or to become an event volunteer, contact us at:

785-234-1030
800-235-1030
Fax: 785-234-8282
E-Mail: brown50@washlaw.edu

1275 SW Topeka Blvd.
Topeka, Kansas 66612-1852

Revised: May 22, 2001
URL: http://brownvboard.org/coalition/.