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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28NK_on-this-site_Topeka-KS.html
Organized by the Congregational Church occupied a building erected in 1865. It was Topeka's first college and preparatory school with classes starting January 3, 1866.
Renamed for Ichabod Washburn, the college moved to its present campus in 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28NJ_alfred-m-landon-state-office-building_Topeka-KS.html
Purchase from the Santa Fe Railway Co. and renovated for state office facilities
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28LH_capital-city-of-kansas_Topeka-KS.html
Before it became the Kansas capital, Topeka was the seat of a free-state government — an alternative to the official proslavery territorial legislature elected in 1855. These two bodies represented opposing factions in Kansas' battle over sl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIP_pillars-of-the-community_Topeka-KS.html
Alongside the church, the schools were anchors of African American life in Topeka. With the rise of an all-black teaching force in the city's black schools in the 1880s, teachers formed the backbone of the black middle class. They believed that ed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIO_a-playground-and-community-center_Topeka-KS.html
Like all of the city's schools, students and local residents used Monroe School for multiple activities. A student club called "The Downbeat" held dances in the combined gym and auditorium. Local churches and civic organizations used the space for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIN_a-separate-but-equal-school_Topeka-KS.html
When Monroe Elementary School opened in 1927, it was a key part of Topeka's grand, million-dollar school construction program. Topeka wanted a first-class educational system that would promote pride in the city's schools. The new Monroe School fea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIL_standing-up-for-their-rights_Topeka-KS.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JH6_monroe-school-neighborhood_Topeka-KS.html
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…