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- <text id=89TT1587>
- <title>
- June 19, 1989: American Notes:Topeka
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- June 19, 1989 Revolt Against Communism
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 37
- American Notes
- TOPEKA
- Still Separate And Unequal
- </hdr><body>
- <p> When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that the four
- all-black elementary schools in Topeka were "inherently
- unequal," the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision
- paved the way for desegregation efforts nationwide. Last week
- the battle returned to Topeka after a federal appeals court in
- Denver found that the school system continues to be racially
- segregated.
- </p>
- <p> Topeka (pop. 120,000) is not actively resisting
- desegregation, the court found, but the system has been
- exercising "benign neglect" concerning racial imbalances in some
- schools. The case has been returned to the U.S. district court
- in Topeka, which will decide on remedies. Linda Brown Buckner,
- whose father was the plaintiff in the original case, was among
- the Topeka parents who revived the lawsuit in 1979. Says her
- sister, Cheryl Brown Henderson, the family spokeswoman: "The
- quality of education was slipping, and it appeared that the only
- way to get attention was legal redress."
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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