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About Us
The 50th Anniversary Brown v. Board of
Education Web site is a class project created by 17 students enrolled
in the Fall 2003 Journalism 527: Online Journalism class. The class, taught
by Professor Ann M. Brill, PhD and Graduate Teaching Assistant Staci Wolfe,
is a journalism elective offered by the William
Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
at the University
of Kansas.
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The Web site was built with the purpose of giving students more information
about the Brown v. Board of Education case and the people who were
involved. This history changing case took place in Topeka, Kan., just
30 miles away from KU’s campus. With such a close proximity, it is
only fitting that KU’s Online Journalism class take an active role
in the anniversary by creating an online resource for Internet users.
The class was divided into two teams: one to manage content and one to
oversee design. Team members were responsible for either research and
writing content or the architecture and design of the Web site. In addition,
students wrote individual stories about key figures who are featured in
the profiles section of the Web site.
Class members (left to right, top to bottom): Carlos Centeno, Ashley Arnold, Kaydee Smith, CJ Jackson, Cate Batchelder, Lindsay Hanson, Melissa Lindsley, Amy Potter, Celine Cheung, Joey Berlin, Kari Kelley, Jennifer Torren, Jonathan Reeder, Nikki Overfelt, Kevin Flaherty, Caleb Nothwehr, Abby Mills, Dave Nobles, Mike Owells, Graduate Teaching Assistant Staci Wolfe, Professor Ann Brill.