Todd, Lucinda Wilson, 1903-1996
Lucinda Todd, born in 1903, was an elementary school teacher and civil rights leader from Topeka, Kansas. She was one of 13 plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that would begin the desegregation of schools. She was also Secretary of the Topeka National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which brought the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to Topeka. She taught at Lincoln Elementary School in Joplin, Missouri. Todd died on July 17, 1996.
From the description of Mrs. Lucinda Todd papers, 1922-2007. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 706834011
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| referencedIn | Hays, Kristen L. Brown plaintiff Todd dead at 93 / by Kristen L. Hays. | Kansas State Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Todd, Lucinda Wilson, 1903-1996. Mrs. Lucinda Todd papers, 1922-2007. | Kansas State Historical Society |
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| associatedWith | Brown, Oliver, 1918-1961 | person |
| associatedWith | Hays, Kristen L. | person |
| associatedWith | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. | person |
| associatedWith | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955. | person |
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| Kansas--Topeka |
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| African American women civil rights workers |
| Civil rights |
| Civil rights movement |
| Elementary school teachers |
| Segregation |
| Segregation in education |
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Birth 1903
Death 1996
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