Jacob Alan Dickinson
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Jacob Alan Dickinson was a Topeka, Kansas
attorney and president of the Topeka Board of Education at the time of the Supreme Court desegregation decision in Brown v. Board of Education
(May 17, 1954). Dickinson was a key supporter of elementary school integration which had begun locally before the Supreme Court decision. He welcomed the Court's action which he believed to be "in the finest spirit of the law and true democracy".
Dickinson was the senior partner in the Topeka law firm Dickinson, Crow & Skoog. He married Edith Senner in 1931 and had two children, architect and businessman Jacob Alan "Skip" Dickinson II and author Linda Spalding
. His brother was journalist and editor William Boyd Dickinson
, Jr.
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
attorney and president of the Topeka Board of Education at the time of the Supreme Court desegregation decision in Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 , was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which...
(May 17, 1954). Dickinson was a key supporter of elementary school integration which had begun locally before the Supreme Court decision. He welcomed the Court's action which he believed to be "in the finest spirit of the law and true democracy".
Dickinson was the senior partner in the Topeka law firm Dickinson, Crow & Skoog. He married Edith Senner in 1931 and had two children, architect and businessman Jacob Alan "Skip" Dickinson II and author Linda Spalding
Linda Spalding
Linda Spalding is a Canadian writer and editor. Born in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Jacob Alan Dickinson and Edith Senner, she lived in Mexico and Hawaii before moving to Toronto, Ontario in 1982....
. His brother was journalist and editor William Boyd Dickinson
William Boyd Dickinson
William Boyd Dickinson, Jr. was an American war correspondent for United Press International during World War II. He was born into a family with a tradition of writing and public service. His father, William B. Dickinson, Sr...
, Jr.
External links
- http://www.cjonline.com/stories/031604/loc_brown13.shtml
- http://www.cjonline.com/stories/031604/loc_brown16.shtml
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20040515/ai_n11814179/pg_2