This oral history shares the student perspective by Catina Taylor, who attended Blenheim Elementary, Lincoln Junior High, and Southeast High School during Kansas City’s school desegregation period following the Missouri v Jenkins case.
Oral Histories
Ajamu Webster – Parent and Community Activist
This oral history interview with parent and community activist, Ajamu Webster, was conducted at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2016.
Harrison Neal Student Perspective Swinney Elementary
Harrison Neal, a former E.F. Swinney Elementary student, shares experiences with school desegregation in the early 1990s in Kansas City, Missouri.
Phyllis A. Washington – Principal E.F. Swinney
Phyllis A. Washington, former principal of E.F. Swinney in the Kansas City, Missouri School District, shares her experiences at the beginning of the Missouri v Jenkins court mandated school desegregation.