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Cheryl Brown Henderson
One of the three daughters of the late Rev. Oliver L. Brown who in the fall of 1950 along with 12 other parents in Topeka, Kansas, led by attorneys for the NAACP, filed suit on behalf of their children against the local Board of Education. Their case joined with cases from Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C. on appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and on May 17, 1954, became known as the landmark decision; Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. This case was legally named for Oliver Brown, i.e., Oliver L. Brown et. al. vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, KS. et. al. Brown died in 1961 before knowing the impact this case would have on the nation.
Henderson is the Founding President of The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, and owner of Brown & Associates, educational consulting firm. She has extensive background in education, business and civic leadership, having served on and chaired various local, state and national Boards. In addition, she has two decades of experience in political advoca
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Cheryl Brown Henderson
Cheryl is the Founding President of The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, and owner of Brown & Associates, educational consulting firm. She has extensive background in education, business and civic leadership, having served on and chaired various local, state and national Boards. In addition, she has two decades of experience in political advocacy, public policy implementation and federal legislative development.
Her education includes a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, Minor in Mathematics from Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, a master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Washburn University and an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of South Florida. She is the recipient of various awards and recognition for work in education and community service; presentations at numerous conferences, conventions and universities; and for her work with Congress and the National Park Service to preserve sites
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Meet Cheryl Brown Henderson
What's your Kansas story?
My life as a Kansan is rooted in the quintessential American story. My family is an intersection of native Kansans and those who migrated here for a better life. In the early 1920s my mother’s father, Edward Williams, brought his family to Topeka from Arkansas to escape the oppression of Jim Crow laws. He was in search of employment with the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. He struck gold and was hired to work for the company, in their shops, which provided a solid middle-class life for his family which consisted of his wife Carrie, a fulltime homemaker, and their two children Robert and Leola. The family of my paternal grandmother Lutie Bass, hailed from Missouri. She married Frank Brown in Topeka. My father Oliver Brown was the youngest of their 10 children. My sisters and I are native Kansans born and raised in Topeka. My father also worked for the Santa Fe Railroad as a welder even after studying theology and becoming a minister for the African Methodist Epis
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