Separate But Not Equal...

The Brown vs Board of Education museum in Topeka Kansas housed in the once segregated Moore ELementary school was a true testament to the inequality of not only education but told the story for the struggle for equality with a special emphasis of the racial struggle from the Civil War to the present.

The gleaming polished hallways and wooden floor classrooms are representative of the the 50’s era school buildings. Does this building architecture look familiar to you?
Upon entering the now historic sight, a knowledgeable U.S.park ranger docent greets visitors and lays the foundation of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision which involved a lawsuit by 5 different school systems across the country.

The decision invalidated separate but equal accommodations and was the death knell of Jim Crow segregation in the South. Separate but equal was no longer acceptable.

The museum did a good job making one think about the importance of 'equality.' We have a lot more dialogue still to do as a society whether it's regarding immigration, women's rights, gay marriage, etc. and that's coming from someone whose high school didn't get integrated until she was a senior and still lives in a community where I have the darkest skin color around...