Topeka's Monroe Elementary School is under consideration to become an internationally recognized cultural landmark by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...

Monroe Elementary was one of the four segregated schools for African Americans in Topeka, Kansas. The school is now listed as a National Historic Site. Park Ranger Justin Sochacki explained what ...

The Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park is the site of the former Monroe Elementary School, one of four all-Black schools in Topeka before the Brown v. Board decision. Former ...

In honor of Black History Month, visit the campuses in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Topeka, Kansas, that tell the story of school desegregation.

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) announced that a stretch of I-70 in Topeka will be closed this weekend while ...

A three-month construction project has been postponed to Friday, July 19 at the SE 4th and SE Monroe intersection in Topeka, Kan.

One person was taken to a local hospital after a crash early Thursday in the 1300 block of S.E. Monroe.

The city occupied SE Monroe for the utilities department to finish its relocation project 6. This project is one of six relocation projects that the City of Topeka began this year to prepare for ...

Educators and historians voice contrasting views about how effectively the Topeka community is getting the word out about its rich Black history.

Editor’s note: Beryl New, principal of Highland Park High School, grew up in the neighborhood directly surrounding Monroe School. In this essay, she recalls a tight-knit, integrated and caring ...

TOPEKA, KANSAS — Linda Brown, who as a little girl was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended segregation in American schools, has died, a funeral home spokesman said.

Topeka ? A national historic site to open next spring in Topeka will educate the public about the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.Members of the public ...