1948 年：堪萨斯州南公园的学校融合诉讼案先于布朗诉教育委员会案。 1948: South Park, Kansas school integration lawsuit preceded Brown v. Board of Education.
70年前，美国最高法院在具有里程碑意义的布朗诉堪萨斯州托皮卡教育委员会案中裁定公立学校的种族隔离违宪。 70 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. 不太为人所知的是布朗诉教育委员会案之前的融合诉讼。 Less well-known are the integration lawsuits that preceded Brown v. Board. 1948 年 9 月，堪萨斯州南公园迎来了新学年，沃克小学只有两名学生，原因是社区与当地学校董事会因黑人学校和白人学校之间的巨大差异而发生激烈诉讼。 In September 1948, South Park, Kansas welcomed a new school year, with only two students at Walker Elementary School, due to a heated lawsuit between the community and the local school board over major disparities between the Black and white schools.