Esther E. Brown
1917 - 1970
Esther E. Brown organized citizen support in South Park for litigation leading to the 1949 Kansas Supreme Court order admitting black children to the South Park School and to nearby high schools. Her actions encouraged similar litigation resulting in the U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.
With active support from many South Park residents, she overcame resistance to her civil rights advocacy in 1948-51, at great personal sacrifice. Esther E. Brown was an active supporter of civil rights, organizing the "Panel of Americans" program and fighting for equal opportunity for all with belief in the brotherhood of mankind.
Marker is on West 51st Street 0.1 miles west of Grandview Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
