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Text of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech in 1956 about school integration and the Brown v. Board decisions.

President Jimmy Carter's remarks delivered at the White House on the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decisions in Brown v. Board of Education, May 17, 1979.

Claymont Community Center in Claymont, Delaware, was the recent recipient of a National Park Foundation, ParkVentures grant to create a multi-generational art program for community residents. “A Walk in the Park: Discovering the First State through Nature and Art,” allowed participants to engage in recreational and educational opportunities available at partnering sites of First State National Historical Park, Delaware’s only National Park Service location.

Superintendent Jim Williams explores how the US Supreme Court raised the issue of whether declaring racial segregation of public schools unconstitutional in 1954 would affect the education of Native Americans.

Superintendent Jim Williams reflects on the challenges the NPS faces telling the heroic, yet traumatic, stories of racially segregated public schools.

Constance Baker Motley was a woman of unquestionable talent, perseverance, and courage; she dedicated her life to upholding the law and paving the way for many other women of color to pursue prominent positions in the legal profession. Learn more about her life and how she championed ideas of justice, equality, and tenacity.

Learn more about important historical events that paved the way for the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896. Written for the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Park as part of an HI-397-X: Internship at Historical Agencies Course with Dr. Kim Morse at Washburn University.

On June 29, 2023, the US Supreme Court decided the cases Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et al. In the majority and dissenting opinions, several justices continued the debate over the meaning of the Brown v. Board of Education decision issued by the Supreme Court in 1954.

Robin White experienced profound loss and the injustices of discrimination as a child. Surrounded by women, she grew up understanding the importance of nature, family, cultural heritage, and her own worth. During more than 40 years in the National Park Service (NPS) White valued community engagement and diversity, first as an interpretative ranger and later as a superintendent.

Following the landmark Oliver L. Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in 1954, public schools could no longer segregate students using racial categories or ethnic backgrounds. In 1992, the events surrounding this historic case became the basis for the creation of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, which includes the Monroe Elementary School.