News Release

"Unseen. Unforgotten."

Date: January 8, 2007

Contact: Dennis Vasquez, National Park Service, [phone]
Contact: Cheryl Brown Henderson, Brown Foundation, [phone]

Topeka, KS-The National Park Service and the Brown Foundation will host an exhibit of never before seen images of the Civil Rights Movement. These Birmingham News photographs of the Civil Rights Movement have not been seen by the public outside of Birmingham until now.

The exhibit entitled "Unseen. Unforgotten." is a series of black and white images, captured with an unflinching eye. They are an enduring reminder of Alabama's not-so-distant past: Freedom Riders who defied segregation huddling at a Birmingham bus station after a mob attack; the first black graduate of the University of Alabama walking in solitude across campus on her first day of classes; National Guard troops with unsheathed bayonets in rural Sumter County; a teenage marcher arrested with hundreds of others on the streets of Birmingham; the grieving mother of a child killed by a bomb.

These powerful and compelling images will be on display from January 12 until March 31, 2007, at Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. For more information, contact the Brown Foundation at [phone] or email the Brown Foundation by clicking here. The event is free and open to the public.

Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site is open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM with no fee, excluding Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The site is located at 1515 SE Monroe Street, Topeka, KS, 66612.