Oliver Brown

Who was Oliver Brown?

Oliver Brown lived from August 19, 1918 to June 1, 1961. Board of Education of Topeka, et al. Attorney Charles Scott, his childhood friend, asked him to join the roster of parents who would become plaintiffs in the organization's case against the Topeka Board of Education. the Board of Education of Topeka (KS).

Career and public life

Oliver Leon Brown (August 2, 1918 – June 20, 1961) was an American welder and episcopal pastor who was the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 United States Supreme Court case Oliver Brown, et al. In 1959, he was tenured as pastor of the city's Benton Avenue AME Church from 1959 until his death in 1961. Brown was recruited to be part of the Topeka NAACP legal action to desegregate the city's public elementary schools in 1950. At the time, he was a welder for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and studying to become a minister. By the fall of 1950, the Topeka NAACP had assembled a group of 13 parents to serve as plaintiffs for the case that would eventually be filed under the name of one of the parents, Oliver Brown, becoming known as Oliver L.

In the Topeka NAACP case, parents involved were concerned that their children had to be bused many blocks away from their neighborhoods... Oliver Leon Brown was an American welder and episcopal pastor who was the plaintiff in the landmark 1954 United States Supreme Court case Oliver Brown, et al.

Historical significance

At the time, he was a welder for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and studying to become a minister.