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Before Brown v. Board of Education, There was Tape v. Hurley | Teaching with the LibraryLearn more about Tape vs Hurley one of the first school desegregation cases ever decided in a court of law.

Monroe Elementary School, 1515 Monroe Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, KSMeasured Drawing(s): 14 | Data Page(s): 47

Research Guides: Brown v. Board of Education: A Resource Guide: IntroductionIn 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court legally ended racial segregation in public schools, overruling the “separate but equal” principle set forth in Plessy v. Ferguson. This guide provides access to digital materials, websites and print resources.

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Chronicling America

About this Collection | Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey | Digital Collections | Library of Congress Overview of the HABS/HAER/HALS collections, which document achievements in architecture, engineering, and landscape design from the 17th-20th centuries in the United States and its territories through measured drawings, photographs, and written historical and architectural information. The collection includes: colonial houses, plantations, Victorian mansions, 20th century commercial buildings including skyscrapers, Native American sites, the built environment, landscapes and parks, military bases and complexes, historic industrial and technology structures, as well as historic ships, boats, and vessels.

Research Guides: Topics in Chronicling America Research Guides: IntroductionThis research guide gathers together a collection of topical guides that tell various stories of America through the newspapers available in Chronicling America.

About this Collection | Sanborn Maps | Digital Collections | Library of Congress The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online Checklist provides a searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division. The online checklist is based upon the Library's 1981 publication Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress and will be continually updated to reflect new acquisitions.

About | Veterans History Project | Programs | Library of Congress The Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service.

About this Collection | Occupational Folklife Project | Digital Collections | Library of Congress The Occupational Folklife Project (OFP) began in 2010 as a multi-year project by the American Folklife Center (AFC) to document the culture of contemporary American workers during an era of economic and social transition. To date, fieldworkers across the United States have recorded more than 1300 audio and audiovisual oral history interviews with workers in scores of trades, industries, crafts, and professions. The completed interviews have been incorporated into the American Folklife Center archive at the Library of Congress.

Research Guides: Tulsa Race Massacre: Topics in Chronicling America: IntroductionFrom May 31 to June 1, 1921, Greenwood, a black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is destroyed by white mobs. This guide provides access to material related to the

Free to Use and Reuse Sets | Library of Congress This portal features content that is free to use and reuse.

How to Research the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre | TimelessWanda Whitney, the Library's Head of History and Genealogy, Researcher and Reference Services, tells how readers can use the Library's collections to research the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

About this Collection | Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs | Digital Collections | Library of Congress Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The pictures focus on rural areas and farm labor, as well as aspects of World War II mobilization, including factories, railroads, aviation training, and women working.

Research Guides: Using the Library of Congress Online: A Guide for Middle and High School Students: IntroductionThe Library’s website (LOC.gov) provides open access to a wide variety of digital primary and secondary sources of interest to researchers of all ages. This guide provides links to these resources and search tools, as well as strategies for their use.

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