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Article: Brown vs. Board of Education museum to open in March.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- February 13, 2004
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Byline: Kristina Herrndobler
WASHINGTON _ An elementary school in Topeka, Kan., that played a key role in the Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation will soon be the main attraction of a new national memorial dedicated to the legal struggle against enforced racial separation.
The Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site will officially open May 17, the 50th anniversary of the historic case that declared separate educational facilities inherently unequal.
Although named after the Brown case, the site _ part museum, part monument, part tribute _ will encompass the history of five Supreme Court cases that challenged the ...