1948: O processo de integração escolar de South Park, Kansas precedeu Brown v. 1948: South Park, Kansas school integration lawsuit preceded Brown v. Board of Education.

Há 70 anos, o Supremo Tribunal dos EUA declarou inconstitucional a segregação racial nas escolas públicas no caso histórico Brown v. Conselho de Educação de Topeka, Kansas. 70 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Menos conhecidos são os processos de integração que precederam Brown v. Board. Less well-known are the integration lawsuits that preceded Brown v. Board. Em setembro de 1948, South Park, Kansas, deu as boas-vindas a um novo ano letivo, com apenas dois alunos na Walker Elementary School, devido a um acalorado processo judicial entre a comunidade e o conselho escolar local sobre grandes disparidades entre as escolas negras e brancas. In September 1948, South Park, Kansas welcomed a new school year, with only two students at Walker Elementary School, due to a heated lawsuit between the community and the local school board over major disparities between the Black and white schools.