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| THOSE WHO CARED: TEACHERS AND THE PTA | |||
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"While we believe it is an outrage ... to carry on the caste school, yet if they must be forced upon us ... then we shall insist ... that our educated sons and daughters are placed in them as teachers... Colored Citizen, Ft. Scott, Kansas, 1878. |
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| Miss Emma E. Cooper (1889-1972) taught in Topeka schools for almost half a century. Courtesy Sheppard-Cox Collection, Kansas Collection, University of Kansas Libraries. |
Most Black children were taught by African American teachers who were often better educated than their white counterparts. | ||
| PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS Parents and other members of the African American community organized to support their schools.
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 Members of the faculty, Lincoln Elementary School, Atchison, Kansas, 1952-53. Courtesy Evelyn Harper Collection, University Kansas Libraries.
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 Faculty, Monroe School, Topeka, Kansas, 1929. Courtesy Allabelle Napue Collection, Kansas Collection, University of Kansas Libraries. |
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