Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
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local education authority
school board
The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas was the school district authority that served as a central defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court desegregation cases following Brown v. Board of Education.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
local education authority
ⓘ
school board ⓘ |
| appliedPolicy | racially segregated public schools prior to Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
desegregation of public schools in the United States
ⓘ
end of de jure racial segregation in U.S. public schools ⓘ |
| centralDefendantIn |
Brown v. Board of Education
ⓘ
U.S. school desegregation litigation ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
ⓘ
Oliver Brown ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governedBy | Kansas state education law ⓘ |
| governs | public schools in Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
hiring and supervising the superintendent of Topeka public schools
ⓘ
managing school district budget for Topeka public schools ⓘ overseeing administration of Topeka public schools ⓘ setting policy for Topeka public schools ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | public body corporate ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of resistance to and eventual dismantling of school segregation ⓘ |
| involvedIn | constitutional litigation under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Topeka Public Schools
ⓘ
Topeka Public Schools ⓘ
surface form:
Topeka Unified School District
|
| legalRole | defendant in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kansas
ⓘ
Shawnee County, Kansas ⓘ Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| operatesWithin | U.S. public education system ⓘ |
| partyTo | Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| represents | interests of the Topeka school district in court ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Brown v. Board of Education
ⓘ
surface form:
Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954
|
| typeOfOrganization | governmental organization ⓘ |