He was attending Topeka High when the Brown case was filed. Alexander attended Washington Grade School (his father worked for the administration and an uncle worked as a custodian there), East Topeka Junior High, and Topeka High School. Throughout the time he was growing up, the family resided on the east side of Topeka, around Washington School, in an area called Mudtown because of its un-surfaced streets. Jack Alexander was born on December 7, 1930, in Iola, Kansas, to Agnes Stewart Alexander and James Alexander.
This collection also contains information on the following topics: segregation discrimination the Topeka school system history of Topeka’s African American community Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway U.S. Those interviewed included: former students, community leaders and activists, attorneys, judges, and others affected by the outcome of the case. Board of Education of Topeka from those who, in one way or another, were involved with the cases before they reached the Supreme Court, or who were involved in or affected by the ruling in some way ( i.e., victims, plaintiff, and beneficiaries). This collection provides a look at the background surrounding the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors (Virginia) and decided by the U.S. Elliott (South Carolina) and Davis, et al. Sharpe (District of Columbia) Brown, et al.
Audio tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Jean Van Delinder, Ralph Crowder and Cheryl Brown Henderson with individuals involved with or affected by the school desegregation cases Belton v.
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