From the Kbf President

Year2024
CitationVol. 93 No. 5 Pg. 8
Pages8
Date01 October 2024
From the KBF President
No. 93 J. Kan. Bar Assn 5, 8 (2024)
Kansas Bar Journal
October 1, 2024

Kansas History Leans Toward Compassion

By Scott Nehrbass, KBF President 2024-2025

t's that back-to-school time of year. I pulled into the parking lot of my seventh graders school just in time, fresh off client meetings in Wichita and boasting a limit of crappie from my stop at Melvern Lake. I met the new teachers, saw the new classrooms, and suddenly had a calendar full of various school, cheer, and choir events.

Kansas History is taught in seventh grade. The 2024 KBA Annual Meeting focused on a significant part of Kansas history: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. I was raised to feel extremely proud of Kansas's history, especially on the issue of race. And I still am.

Maybe it's growing up a KU fan and considering yourself a Jayhawker all your life. But make no mistake about it. We were on the right side of history, and those folks on...

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