African American Topeka / Sherrita Camp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camp, Sherrita., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Kansas--Topeka--Biography--Pictorial works.

African Americans.

African Americans--Kansas--Topeka--History--Pictorial works.

Topeka (Kan.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Topeka (Kan.).

Topeka (Kan.)--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2013]

Summary:

African Americans arrived in Topeka right before and after the Civil War and again in large numbers during the Exodus Movement of 1879 and Great Migration of 1910. They came in protest of the treatment they received in the South. The history of dissent lived on in Topeka, as it became the home to court cases protesting discrimination of all kinds. African Americans came to the city determined that education would provide them a better life. Black educators fostered a sense of duty toward schooling, and in 1954 Topeka became a landmark for African Americans across the country with the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education case. Blacks from every walk of life found refuge in Kansas and, especially, Topeka. The images in African American Topeka have been selected to give the reader a glimpse into the heritage of black life in the community. The richness of the culture and values of this Midwestern city are a little-known secret just waiting to be exhibited.

OCLC:

900733275