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The [[council–manager government]] model was adopted by many larger Kansas cities in the years following World War I while many American cities were being run by [[political machine]]s or [[organized crime]], notably the [[Tom Pendergast|Pendergast Machine]] in neighboring [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. Kansas was also at the center of ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]] of [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]]'', a 1954 Supreme Court decision that banned racially segregated schools throughout the U.S., though, infamously, many Kansas residents opposed the decision, and it led to protests in Topeka after the verdict.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/civil-rights-movement/brown-v-board-of-education |title=Civil Rights Movement |work=NCpedia |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726225232/https://www.ncpedia.org/civil-rights-movement/brown-v-board-of-education |url-status=live }}</ref> | The [[council–manager government]] model was adopted by many larger Kansas cities in the years following World War I while many American cities were being run by [[political machine]]s or [[organized crime]], notably the [[Tom Pendergast|Pendergast Machine]] in neighboring [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. Kansas was also at the center of ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]] of [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]]'', a 1954 Supreme Court decision that banned racially segregated schools throughout the U.S., though, infamously, many Kansas residents opposed the decision, and it led to protests in Topeka after the verdict.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/civil-rights-movement/brown-v-board-of-education |title=Civil Rights Movement |work=NCpedia |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726225232/https://www.ncpedia.org/civil-rights-movement/brown-v-board-of-education |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
The state backed Republican Presidential Candidates [[Wendell Willkie]] and [[Thomas E. Dewey]] in [[1940 United States presidential election in Kansas|1940]] and [[1944 United States presidential election in Kansas|1944]], respectively, breaking ranks with the majority of the country in the election of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Kansas also supported Dewey in [[1948 United States presidential election in Kansas|1948]] despite the presence of incumbent president | The state backed Republican Presidential Candidates [[Wendell Willkie]] and [[Thomas E. Dewey]] in [[1940 United States presidential election in Kansas|1940]] and [[1944 United States presidential election in Kansas|1944]], respectively, breaking ranks with the majority of the country in the election of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Kansas also supported Dewey in [[1948 United States presidential election in Kansas|1948]] despite the presence of incumbent president Harry S. Truman, who hailed from [[Independence, Missouri]], approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} east of the Kansas–Missouri state line. After Roosevelt carried Kansas in [[1936 United States presidential election in Kansas|1936]], only one Democrat has won the state since, Lyndon B. Johnson in [[1964 United States presidential election in Kansas|1964]]. | ||
=== 21st-century state politics === | === 21st-century state politics === | ||