REAL PEOPLE. REAL STORIES.
Oliver Brown
(1918-1961)
Minister at St. Mark’s AME Church
in Topeka
While working at Santa Fe Railway became
one of 13 plaintiffs of Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka U.S. Supreme Court
case to desegregate schools
Since he was the only man, he became the
namesake in the case
More on Oliver Brown
Brown Foundation
Brown v. Board National Historic Site
Kansas Historical
Society resources on Brown v. Board
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