Kansas school district is named for a Ku Klux Klan leader. Students demand a change
Kansas school district is named for a Ku Klux Klan leader. Students demand a change Eric Adler, The Kansas City Star © Dreamstime/TNS LIFE-EDU-SCHOOLDISTRICT-KLAN-LEADER-DMT. After so many years, many people weren't sure if it was fiction. But the rumor that the Seaman School District in Topeka, Kansas, had been named for a member of the Ku Klux Klan existed for decades. In October, it was confirmed as truth. Two enterprising journalists on the Seaman High School newspaper — searching historic news accounts — found that Fred Seaman, the founder of the school for whom th...