Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

In May 2014, StoryCorps Facilitators found themselves in Topeka, Kan., working with The Kansas Humanities Council for the 60th Anniversary of the landmark…

This year, we've been sharing stories about growing up in Topeka, in the shadow of segregation. As part of the 60th anniversary of "Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education," the Kansas Humanities Council sponsored a StoryCorps project last year. Today, we listen in as Sherman Smith interviews his friend and former co-worker Michael Hooper, who says discrimination still exists in Topeka.

In this week's local edition of StoryCorps, we hear from mother and daughter - Carol and Susan Christensen, who recorded a conversation in Topeka last year, during the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

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