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The law expanded on July 1, 1965, to include a wide range of public accommodations including "trailer court, bar, tavern, barber shop, beauty parlor, theater, skating rink, bowling alley, billiard parlor, amusement park, recreation park, swimming pool, lake, gymnasium, mortuary, cemetery which is
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emerged, ultimately forcing an end to legally mandated or officially sanctioned, racial segregation of public schools not only in Topeka, and throughout Kansas, but nationwide. The 1953 commission, and its empowering statutes, extended this ban on racial discrimination in Kansas to cover
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The commission's clout included authority to initiate charges of discrimination in public accommodation and employment when evidence suggested it, but
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In 1971, a four-year black employee of the commission, Troy G. Scroggins, was promoted to executive director, overseeing the staff of investigators. (Scroggins was replaced in 1972 by
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The law initially forbade discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry—in restaurants, hotels, motels, and cabin camps, and in employment in enterprises employing four or more people.
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The KCCR was designed to be an office of investigators overseen by a seven-member board of volunteer commissioners, but in subsequent years it became difficult to keep a full board, for lack of active volunteers.
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In May 1971, appointments by Gov. Docking reduced the commission's white majority to a minority—resulting in a
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