TOPEKA, Kan. — The Ward-Meade Neighborhood Improvement Association sued Southside Christian Palace Church W.R. Portee Evangelistic World Outreach, in Shawnee County Court, Kansas, claiming Southside violated its contract to maintain the closed, historic Sumner Elementary School, which rejected black student Linda Brown, leading to the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
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