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Date: May 19, 1995
Oral history interview with Eliza Briggs covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Eliza was born in Clarendon County, South Carolina. She attended Liberty Hill Elementary,…
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Date: October 12, 1994
Oral history interview with Irving Sheffel covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Irving moved to Topeka in 1949 to work for the Menninger Clinic. He…
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Date: 1984
An audio recording of Linda and Doug Teener’s performance at the 1984 Kansas Folklife Festival. The Kansas Folklife Festival was hosted by the Kansas Historical Society’s Kansas Museum of History…
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Date: 1983
An oral history interview with Ada and Alvin Bates of Nicodemus, Kansas. This interview was a part of efforts by the National Park Service to document the history of Nicodemus,…
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Date: May 19, 1996
Oral history interview with Willie Spencer Robinson covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Willie was born in 1937 and attended school in Wilmington, Delaware. When…
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Date: May 18, 1995
Oral history interview with Joseph Richburg, Sr. covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Joseph attended school in a rural area of South Carolina called Spring…
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Date: January 21, 1992
Oral history interview with Richard and Frances Ridley covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Richard was born in Topeka in 1929 and attended Monroe Elementary…
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Date: May 17, 1995
Oral history interview with Ferdinand Pearson covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Ferdinand was often kept out of school to help with the family’s farm.…
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Date: October 16, 1991
Oral history interview with Dr. Julia Etta Parks and James Parks covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Julia and James married in 1941 and had…
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Date: October 6, 1992
Oral history interview with Judge Constance Motley covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Constance decided to pursue a career as a lawyer and worked for…
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Date: November 15, 1991
Oral history interview with Leola “Williams” Brown Montgomery covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Leola was born in 1921 and moved with her family to…
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Date: November 20, 1991
Oral history interview with William Mitchell, Jr. and Thayer Brown Phillips covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. William attended Washington and Sumner Elementary Schools. He…
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Date: July 27, 1994
Oral history interview with Charles Sheldon Sudduth covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Charles attended Douglas Elementary school, a two room schoolhouse, while his siblings…
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Date: March 5, 1992
Oral history interview with Constance Sawyer covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Constance’s father played a key role in the formulation of the NAACP’s plan…
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Date: November 13, 1991
Oral history interview with Merrill and Barbara Ross covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Merrill joined the military in 1941 to become a pilot, after…
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Date: November 15, 1991
Oral history interview with Deborah Scott covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Deborah went to Buchanan Elementary for kindergarten, but then began attending Lowman Hill…
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Date: November 24, 1991
Oral history interview with Berdyne Scott covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Berdyne was born in raised in Topeka, Kansas. She attended McKinley Elementary and…
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Date: July 27, 1994
Oral history interview with C.E. “Sonny” Scroggins covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Sonny became active in the NAACP at a very young age, between…
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Date: January 1, 1992
Oral history interview with Dorothy (Robinson) Scott covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Dorothy earned her bachelor’s degree from Washburn University and worked as a…
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Date: November 8, 1991
Oral history interview with Eugene Johnson covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Eugene attended Topeka High, which already had an integrated student body, but still…
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Date: May 21, 1996
Oral history interview with Lois Johnson covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Lois started attending Howard High School in 1954 or 1955 after it has…
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Date: April 21, 1992
Oral history interview with Katherine A. King covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Katherine began formal education at Clay School, at the time her family…
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Date: May 19, 1995
Oral history interview with John Calhoun Land III covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Land attended school in South Carolina when schools were fully segregated,…
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Date: January 20, 1992
Oral history interview with Rev. Maurice Lang III covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Maurice was born in 1928, and despite living in an integrated…
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Date: May 18, 1995
Oral history interview with Henry Lawson covering their role and impressions of the Brown v. Board case. Henry attended the Scotch Branch School in Crawford County, South Carolina. He was…
