Brown v Board Exhibit Reopens To Tell Civil Rights Story
At the Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka an $11.3 million exhibit, opening May 17, recreates the era of school integration. Visitors walk through a Tunnel of Courage with jeering crowds and dogs, while galleries outline the five cases overturning separate but equal and place the civil rights struggle in broader context.
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Topeka Honors Civil Rights Milestones and Black Leadership
Fifty years after Brown v Board desegregation reshaped Topeka schools a black mayor and black school superintendent lead the city as it reflects on its civil rights history. Zelma Henderson Linda Brown and others sparked the landmark case while Topeka shifted from Jim Crow to integrated schools and leadership.
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