Naomi Brooks v. Moberly, MO and the Black teacher workforce post-Brown, 1955-1970

• In Event: The American Struggle for Civil Rights: Persistence, Resistance, and Retrenchment

Brief Overview

In Brooks v. Moberly, MO, the U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled that the Board of Education could terminate only Black teachers to comply with Brown. This paper examines this case and its impact on the Black teacher workforce, 1955-1970.

Authors

• Joseph Nichols, Saint Louis University

• Monisha Hall, Saint Louis University