In honor of Black History Month, we are recognizing notable Black attorneys whose work has been lost to history. Kansas' history with school segregation is complex, marked by both discriminatory laws and courageous legal challenges led by attorneys. While the state is sometimes associated with segregation, the narrative is more nuanced, highlighting a state Supreme Court that ultimately played a key role in dismantling "separate but equal." The arrival of Exodusters, Black refugees fleeing the South in the late 1870s, significantly impacted Kansas. Estimates suggest up to 60,000 individuals migrated, with many settling in Kansas. This influx created opportunities for Black attorneys, like WIlliam Abram Price, who left his lucrative practice and judgeship in Texas to practice law and settle the black community of Little Caney, and others who followed. Kansas was seen as fertile ground for desegregation efforts due to its history of abolitionism. From 1881 onward, Kansas saw a high...