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"From Brown to Brown: Topeka's Civil Rights Story" Bus Tours Now Available
This new bus tour maps out locations in the city linked to local and national struggles for freedom and equality. Bus tours will be available Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. Click on More for complete details of the tour. More »
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2013 Teacher Ranger Teacher Opportunity
During the summer of 2013, the national NPS office of history and civics is seeking a Teacher Ranger Teacher to develop lesson plans that incorporate information about the National Park Service that meet common core standards, located in Topeka, Kansas. More »
The Hillsboro Story
Susan Banyas Play and discussion by Susan Banyas. March 6, 2011 The Hillsboro Story, a warm-hearted, hard-hitting narrative, opens in Hillsboro, Ohio on July 5, 1954 when the "colored" elementary school went up in flames. The fire sparked a "school fight" by five African American mothers that became on of the first test cases for the Brown v. Board of Education decision (May, 1954) in the North. Ms. Banyas, the playwright, was in third grade, and the memory of those times sparked this cultural detective story - a lively weaving if spoken word, movement, monologues, and visual images, backed by an evocative original music score. This investigation is informed by historical research, photography, and extensive interviews with key players locally and nationally whose voices form the heart of the story. To RSVP by March 4, call the Brown Foundation at (785) 235-3939 or send an email by clicking here. Free and open to the public, Sunday, March 6, 3:00 p.m. at Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, 1515 SE Monroe Street, Topeka, Kansas 66612. 
Merle Hudson, Gertrude Clemons Hudson, and Joyce Clemons Kittrell, plaintiffs in Clemons v. Board of Education of Hillsboro, Ohio
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Did You Know?
The U.S. Supreme Court charged states to move with “all deliberate speed” to end segregation in public schools in 1955 in what is known as Brown II.--Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site