Brown, Oliver, 1918-
Biography:
Brown was plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954. Oliver Brown, one of thirteen plaintiffs, had agreed to participate on behalf of his seven-year-old daughter Linda, who had to walk six blocks to board a school bus that drove her to the all-black Monroe School a mile away. -- "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty, Library of Congress WWW site.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Anne Braden Oral History Project (Kentucky Virtual Library)
- Civil Rights-- Brown vs. Board of Education (Dwight D. Eisenhower Library)
- Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004 (Virginia Historical Society)
- Digital Archive: Brown v. Board of Education (University of Michigan Library)
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Georgia Public Broadcasting Digital Library (Georgia Public Broadcasting)
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
- Papers of Justice Tom C. Clark: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court (Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas))
- Docket sheet for Brown case (Dockets)
- Draft of per curium opinion concerning State of Kansas' failure to defend (Case files)
- Justice Clark's handwritten notes from oral argument (Case files)
- Law clerk's recommendations for segregation decree (Case files)
- Memorandum from Justice Frankfurter regarding "The Segregation Cases" (Case files)
- Memorandum from Justice Frankfurter to court discussing case (Case files)
- "Segregation Research Report" prepared by law clerks (Case files)
- Sheet with oral argument schedule and notation of briefs filed with the court (Case files)
- Summary of Brown case (Memorandums)
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000 (University of South Carolina)
- Flyer, 1958 Mar. 9, (St. Albans, N.Y.), All Are Welcome..., St. Albans Community A.M.E. Church (Texts (document genres))
- Letter, 1961 Dec. 11, (Columbia, S.C.), John H. McCray, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Hollis, Long Island, N.Y.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1971 Jan. 31, (New York, N.Y.), Robert Gottlieb, To Whom it May Concern (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1971 Nov. 3, (Ridgefield, C.T.), Richard Kluger, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Charlotte, N.C.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1971 Nov. 8, (Charlotte, N.C.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Richard Kluger, [Ridgefield, C.T.] (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1974 Apr. 3, (Charlotte, N.C.), Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to Anna Franks (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1974 May 10, (New York, N.Y.), Harry J. McNeill, to Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., (Upper Montclair, N.J.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1979 May 1, (Columbia, S.C.), Isaac W. Williams, to Mrs. [Mattie] DeLaine, (Charlotte, N.C.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Letter, 1979 May 8, (New York, N.Y.), Louise Frillmann, to Mrs. [Mattie] DeLaine, (Charlotte, N.C.) (Letters (correspondence))
- Program, 1979 May 17, (Washington, D.C.), Brown v. Board of Education, White House, President Jimmy Carter (Programs)
- Speech, [1957], The Decision of May 17, 1954, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. (Speeches)
- Speech, 1974 May 17, Cronology [sic] of Events Leading to Inviting the NAACP into Clarendon County, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr., to 20th Anniversary Celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision Outlawing Segregation in Public Schools of America, (New York, N.Y.) (Speeches)
- Telegram, 1979 May 10, (Middleton, V.A.), Louis Martin, to Mrs. [Mattie] DeLaine, (Charlotte, N.C.) (Telegrams)
- Telegram, 1984 Feb. 28, (New York, N.Y.), Jack Greenberg, to Mrs. Mattie DeLaine, (Charlotte, N.C.) (Telegrams)
- Voices of Civil Rights (Library of Congress)
- With all deliberate speed : the legacy of Brown v. Board (Teleduction)
- With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty (Library of Congress)
- Earl Warren to members of the Court, May 7, 1954 (Memorandums)
- Felix Frankfurter to Earl Warren, May 17, 1954 (Letters (correspondence))
- George E. C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James M. Nabrit congratulating each other (Black-and-white photographs)
- Harold H. Burton to Earl Warren, May 17, 1954 (Letters (correspondence))
- The Russell Daily News (Russell, Kansas), Monday, May 17, 1954 (Newspapers)
- Time magazine, September 19, 1955. Cover (Covers (gathered matter components))
- William Douglas to Earl Warren, May 11, 1954 (Letters (correspondence))
- William L. Patterson, Executive Secretary of the Civil Rights Congress, to Walter White congratulating White on the NAACP's victory in Brown v. Board of Education, May 17, 1954 (Telegrams)
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Governor Ernest Vandiver commenting on the actions of Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the Prince Edward County school case, Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 May 9 (news)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Governor Ernest Vandiver commenting on the actions of Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the Prince Edward County school case, Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 May 9 (moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of governor Marvin Griffin addressing the General Assembly on segregation and keeping public schools open, Atlanta, Georgia, 1956 (news)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of governor Marvin Griffin addressing the General Assembly on segregation and keeping public schools open, Atlanta, Georgia, 1956 (moving images)
Educator Resources
- Amistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American History (Columbia Center for Digital Research and Scholarship)
- Brown: Before and After (Virginia State University's Archives and Special Collections)
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
- Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education (National Museum of American History (Smithsonian))
- Teaching with Historic Places (National Park Service)
- Thurgood Marshall Before the Court (American Public Media)