Minnijean Brown-TrickeY
Birth: September 11, 1941
Parents: Willie & Imogene Brown
Siblings: Eldest of 4 Children
Minnijean was one of the few African-Americans that went to Central High during the 1957-8 school year. She was also the only person to be suspended then later expelled for retaliation against her tormentors. One incident involved calling one of the whites "white trash" while another involved dumping her lunch tray over a couple of white boys.
After her expulsion, she then moved to New York and stayed with Dr. Kenneth B. and Mamie Clark, both African-American psychologists who presented their research for the NAACP in the Brown vs. Board of Education case in Kansas. Their research told that "segregation affected the self-esteem of African-American children."
Minnijean graduated from a progressive private school called New Lincoln School in Manhattan in 1959.
She married Roy Trickery, a fisheries biologist, on September 21, 1967. They later moved to Canada after having six children. In the mid-1980's the couple divorced.
Parents: Willie & Imogene Brown
Siblings: Eldest of 4 Children
Minnijean was one of the few African-Americans that went to Central High during the 1957-8 school year. She was also the only person to be suspended then later expelled for retaliation against her tormentors. One incident involved calling one of the whites "white trash" while another involved dumping her lunch tray over a couple of white boys.
After her expulsion, she then moved to New York and stayed with Dr. Kenneth B. and Mamie Clark, both African-American psychologists who presented their research for the NAACP in the Brown vs. Board of Education case in Kansas. Their research told that "segregation affected the self-esteem of African-American children."
Minnijean graduated from a progressive private school called New Lincoln School in Manhattan in 1959.
She married Roy Trickery, a fisheries biologist, on September 21, 1967. They later moved to Canada after having six children. In the mid-1980's the couple divorced.