suggested images:
Johnson County Museum
School Segregation
Webb v. Brown: Comparing Johnson County’s School Segregation Case with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Curriculum Objectives
High School History Standard, Benchmark 3, Indicator 1: The student analyzes Brown v. Topeka Board of Education as it relates to Kansas segregation laws and why it takes the lead in the Supreme Court case.
Materials Needed:
Oral History
Johnson County Museum ALBUM articles
- Hidden Histories: Cultural Diversity in Johnson County. ALBUM Winter 1995.
- Corinthian Nutter: Dearest Friend and Teacher. ALBUM Winter 1995.
- Promise and Fear in the 1950s. ALBUM Spring 2001.
- Corinthian Clay Nutter. ALBUM Spring 2004.
Websites
- South Park: Desegregating Northeast Johnson County Schools online exhibit http://www.jocomuseum.org/southPark/index.htm
- Court opinion for the Webb v. School District No. 90 case on the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research website http://brownvboard.org/research/handbook/sources/webb/webb.htm
Photos
- Historic photos of Walker School students, Corinthian Nutter, and Esther Brown
Newspaper Article
- “Esther Brown to Speak for N.A.A.C.P., Sunday on ‘The Merriam School Fight’”. A Wichita newspaper. June 17, 1949.
Other Documents
- Letter to Corinthian Nutter from N.A.A.C.P. March 22, 1949
- Insurance Forms
At the Library
- A Pioneer in Civil Rights: Esther Brown and the South Park Desegregation Case of 1948 by Milton S. Katz and Susan B. Tucker. Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains. Vol. 18, Number 4. Winter 1995/1996.
Activity Ideas
- Write a paper comparing the Kansas Supreme Court case, Webb v. School District No. 90, and the United States Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. What effect did their decisions have on school segregation in Kansas? How did their outcomes differ? Use the materials provided for research.
- Write a paper exploring Corinthian Nutter and Esther Brown’s participation in the Webb v. School District No. 90 case. What impact did their participation have? Use the materials provided for research.
