Topeka

There are many decades that I have thought about being a fly on the way, the 1950’s is one of that eras. I might have even dreamed of being a part of the “Happy Days” of our nation’s history. Some of the highlights of the “happy days” were more babies were being born, the economy grew including the creations of the “middle class” and there were strides made in the fight for equality. However, with progress there is always setbacks. Some of the not so happy parts of the “1950’s happy day” era…

were forced to endure, it was not until the 1950s that the battle against racism and segregation began. While the fight to break segregation began in the first couple of years in 1950s, it was not until 1954 when the Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka verdict came forth that times began to…

Brittney Olds are both juniors that were affected directly by the shooting. Meier went to high school in Topeka, Kansas. She went to school with victim Colwin Lynn Henderson, 20. “It makes me pretty upset. Colwin was a really nice guy in high school...He also just recently had a daughter,” Meier said. “I feel awful for his family to lose him at such a young age.” Meier’s home town Topeka is only 20 minutes from Lawrence. “Living only 20 minutes from Lawrence, my family and I visit Lawrence…

Baptist Church is a cult. The Westboro Baptist Church is actually an independent church. Other churches including Baptist churches do not claim them as part of their denomination. “Westboro Baptist Church was established by East Side Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas in 1931, which at the time was a traditionally orthodox mainline Protestant church. Fred Phillips, the leader of Westboro Baptist, become the head pastor of the church in 1956 and immediately…

Brown V Board of Education of Topeka Brown V Board of Education of Topeka main issue was the segregation of public schools based solely on race and had to be equal. People, Oliver Brown, Mrs. Richard Lawton, Mrs. Sadie Emmanuel, and many more, were upset because they noticed that the white school were well funded, close to town and just all around nicer (similar to A schools now), while, the black schools were not well funded, in fact many of the books had racial slurs, and students had to use…

Introduction A very important aspect of today’s culture the belief that in order to be successful, you must have a good education. With this being said, it is hard to imagine what a world of unequal education would be like. Back in the 1950’s, white Americans made the decision to segregate themselves from black Americans with the belief that education could be equal when separate. Brown vs. Board of Education (May 17, 1954), now acknowledged as one of the greatest Supreme Court cases,…

In the mid 1800’s segregation played a big role in society. All public areas such as restrooms restaurants and schools were separate but not equal like the law said it should be. Even the railways were segregated, there were different railway cars for blacks and whites. The only exception was that nurses working on children of the opposite color were allowed to sit in the different compartments. A penalty of twenty-five dollars or up to twenty days in jail was the consequence for sitting in the…

change. That being said, one of the most groundbreaking civil rights movements to happen in America was the famous Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Held in the year 1954, this case had overturned the statement made by Plessy v. Ferguson that separate was ok as long as it was equal. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka set forth that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal, and as a result segregated schools violated the constitutional rights for African…

The start of the tension around territorial expansion was due to the imbalance of free and slave states, which was resolved by the Missouri Compromise. There was also disputed boundaries between Texas and Mexico which lead to the Mexican War in 1846. After the war, American politicians could not agree whether states created from Mexican land would be free or not. This was the baseline tension created, however there were other factors that were much more important. The main factor that lead to…

The United States Congress established a federal Bank of the United States through a legislative act. The federal Bank had created a branch for operation in the state of Maryland. According to Maryland laws, any bank within Maryland without a state charter will be imposed a tax by the Maryland state government, and the branch of the Bank of the United States is one of the non-chartered banks. McCullough, a cashier for the Second Bank of the United States, was operating in Maryland and issued…