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1. ''Can Basketball Survive Chamberlain?'' ''Can Basketball Survive Chamberlain?'' Fall, 2005 Article describing Wilt Chamberlain's years in Lawrence, Kansas and his relationship with the University of Kansas. Includes a description of Forrest C. ''Phog'' Allen's recruiting of Chamberlain as a...
2. 'Separate but Equal' Again? 'Separate but Equal' Again? May/16/1994 Photo and article about the "court-ordered desegregation" in the Kansas City School District, handed down by Judge Russell Clark in 1986 and involving costly amenities at the inner city schools to attract...
3. A Battle of Yesterday--Integrating Missou A Battle of Yesterday--Integrating Missou May-June//1974 Article about the desegregation of the University of Missouri, starting with Lloyd Gaines, a black student at Lincoln University near Missouri University in 1933, involved in a federal Supreme Court case...
4. A Good Guy Leaving a Tough Job A Good Guy Leaving a Tough Job November/2/1990 Interview with editorial commentary about George Garcia, superintendent of the Kansas City School District from 1987 to about 1990, discussing the scrutiny over the implementation of "a court-ordered desegregation...
5. A Pioneer in Civil Rights: Esther Brown and the South Park Desegregation Case of 1948 A Pioneer in Civil Rights: Esther Brown and the South Park Desegregation Case of 1948 Winter//1995-1996 Comprehensive article about Esther Swirk Brown, or Esther Brown (1917-1970), "a white Jewish woman from Kansas City," describing her late 1940s desegregation efforts, including helping to "combat segregation...
6. A School That Once Was A School That Once Was March, 2005 Author describes his experiences as a student at Southwest High School, located at 65th and Wornall. Article includes a description of an "unwritten caste system" that existed in the school's first four...
7. Affirmative Rection Affirmative Rection September/15/1989 Article about the widespread disapproval of the desegregation plan of the Kansas City School District, or Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD), due to high costs, ineffective results, and perceived...
8. An Angry Advocate: Outspoken School Board Member Julia Hill Disrupts with a Purpose An Angry Advocate: Outspoken School Board Member Julia Hill Disrupts with a Purpose May/28/1988 File containing a biographical article about Julia Hill, a 65-year-old "black board member" of the Kansas City School District growing up "near 28th Street and Highland Avenue" and becoming a community...
9. An Annotated Bibliography of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (With Emphasis on Publications from 1980 An Annotated Bibliography of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (With Emphasis on Publications from 1980 to the Present) 2002 Author states this bibliography grew out of teaching courses at Morgan State University on U.S. history, including a course on the civil rights movement. The bibliography is divided into Anthologies/Reference...
10. An Interview With Emanuel Cleaver An Interview With Emanuel Cleaver 1975-11-18 Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded November 18, 1975 at St. James United Methodist Church. 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc;...
11. An Interview With Isaac Gardner, Jr. An Interview With Isaac Gardner, Jr. 1976-02-16 Interviewer: Ella Pruitt. Interview recorded February 16, 1976. 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to...
12. An Interview With Ladislao Lopez An Interview With Ladislao Lopez 1978-06-27 Interviewer: Irene Ruiz. Interview recorded June 27, 1978. 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has a typed guide to contents....
13. Biography of Agapito Mendoza (1946-2003), Educator and Activist Biography of Agapito Mendoza (1946-2003), Educator and Activist 2009
14. Biography of Esther Swirk Brown (1917-1970), Civil Rights Activist Biography of Esther Swirk Brown (1917-1970), Civil Rights Activist 1999
15. Biography of Phillip Curls (1942-2007), Legislator and Political Activist Biography of Phillip Curls (1942-2007), Legislator and Political Activist 2009;
16. Biography of Samuel U. Rodgers (1917-1999), Physician Biography of Samuel U. Rodgers (1917-1999), Physician 2009;
17. Children Left Behind Children Left Behind May 22-28, 2003 Article describes the recent history, and 2003 proceedings, of the Kansas City, Missouri school desegregation case.
18. Civil-Rights Leader Nutter Dies at 97 Civil-Rights Leader Nutter Dies at 97 February 12, 2004 Instrumental in the 1949 ruling desegregating Merriam's schools, Corinthian Nutter, a civil-rights pioneer, died February 11, 2004. The article reviews her role in the Webb v. School District 90 as well...
19. Clark Remembered as Courageous Judge Clark Remembered as Courageous Judge April 19, 2003 Article reviewing the life and ruling of desegregation for Kansas City Public Schools by U.S. District Judge Russell G. Glark. On Sept. 17, 1984, Clark declared that the district's "discriminatory and...
20. Collection Chronicles Landmark Civil Rights Case Collection Chronicles Landmark Civil Rights Case January 12, 2004 Called the Charles S. Scott Collection and maintained at the University of Kansas' Spencer Research Library, these archival papers represent one of the larger collections of documents relating to Brown...