Topeka Brief for the Board of Education Kansas on Questions Propounded by the Court - Appeal From The United States District Court For The District Of Kansasbrief For The Board Of Education, Topeka, Kansas, On Questions Propounded By The Court

Topeka Brief for the Board of Education Kansas on Questions Propounded by the Court - Appeal From The United States District Court For The District Of Kansasbrief For The Board Of Education, Topeka, Kansas, On Questions Propounded By The Court

Topeka Brief for the Board of Education Kansas on Questions Propounded by the Court - Index

Topeka Brief for the Board of Education Kansas on Questions Propounded by the Court - I. Statement

This brief is filed in response to the order of the Court, entered June 8, 1953, propounding five questions on which briefs were requested. Since the date of that order the Topeka Board of Education on September 3, 1953, duly adopted the following resolution: "Be it resolved that it is the policy of the Topeka Board of Education to terminate maintenance of segregation in the elementary scho…

Topeka Brief for the Board of Education Kansas on Questions Propounded by the Court - Ii. Question 4(a) Should Be Answered In The Negative: And Question 4(b) In The Affirmative

Both Questions 4(a) and 4(b) contemplate the possibility that this Court might issue a broad, general order requiring abolition of segregation in the elementary schools of Topeka, rather than a limited order relating to the rights of the few particular negro children who are parties to this suit. Such a general order would necessitate almost a complete readjustment of the elementary school system …

Topeka Brief for the Board of Education Kansas on Questions Propounded by the Court - Iii. Questions 5(a), (b) And (c) Should Be Answered In The Negative

If segregation in the public schools of Topeka is to be abolished by decree of the Court permitting an "effective gradual adjustment" as suggested in Question 4(b), then the Board of Education should be permitted to manage the readjustment, subject only to the usual and normal jurisdiction always retained by a court of equity for the enforcement of its decree or judgment. We have her…

Topeka Brief for the Board of Education Kansas on Questions Propounded by the Court - Iv. Question 5(d) Should Also Be Answered In The Negative

If this Court should enter an order or decree as suggested in Question 4(b), there is no need for a more specific or detailed decree in this case. The Board of Education of Topeka has already on its own initiative resolved to terminate segregation in the elementary schools "as rapidly as is practicable" and has already taken its first step toward that end by providing for an integrat…