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The Topeka chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) recruited 13 African American parents to file a lawsuit contesting the state law that allowed cities like Topeka to segregate students in elementary grade…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIK_a-turning-point-for-equality_Topeka-KS.html
Across the field in front of you stands the former Monroe Elementary School. Parents of six students that attended this school in 1949 participated in the Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit. On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court issued a breakthr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIJ_how-to-heat-and-cool-an-old-school_Topeka-KS.html
During the summer, neighborhood kids play baseball on the grass field across the street - just as they have for nearly a century. But even more excitement is taking place underground. This playground is home to a state of the art geothermal heatin…
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Many African Americans living in the Monroe School neighborhood took a deep interest in their community and the betterment of their race. They helped found the local branch of the NAACP and joined in legal battles to do away with discrimination. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EF0_st-john-ame-church_Topeka-KS.html
has been listed in theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior2008
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Ninety-five thesesnailed to Castle Churchin WittenbergOctober 31, 1517————————[Luther Rose emblem]
"Here I stand;I cannot do otherwise:God help me! Amen"1521—————&mda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E7P_veterans-memorial_Topeka-KS.html
Memorial Court of Honorin memory of those whohave served their countryin the sacred cause ofliberty and justice
Veterans of All Warsat rest in Mount Hope
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Brave Men and Worthy Patriotsdear to God andfamous to all a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E7M_gettysburg-address_Topeka-KS.html
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DNB_chandler-library-pavilion_Topeka-KS.html
Shawnee County Courthouse1895 - 1965
"We are made wise not bythe recollections of our pastbut by the responsibilityfor our future."George Bernard Shaw
Dedicated September 11, 2004[Imprint of the former courthouse]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM187L_first-section-of-interstate-opened-in-united-states_Topeka-KS.html
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Under 1956 Federal-Aid Highway ActNovember 14, 1956