Kenneth McFarland

Dr. Kenneth W. McFarland (October 12, 1906 – March 6, 1985) born in Caney, Kansas was an educator, public speaker, author and conservative commentator. An early conservative, Kenneth McFarland was the public school superintendent for Coffeyville, Kansas where he founded the McFarland Trade School. Later he was hired as superintendent of the Topeka, Kansas school system, the school system in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education 347 U.S. 483 (1954),. McFarland was reportedly a staunch supporter of the political and racial status quo of the time. Born in the small southeastern Kansas town of Caney, Kenneth McFarland received a bachelor’s degree from Pittsburg State College of Kansas in 1927. He received his Master’s degree at...