NPR: 'Brown v. Board' School May Avoid Demolition

'Brown v. Board' School May Avoid Demolition

The school that provided the backdrop for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case got a reprieve from the Kansas State Historical Society on Thursday.

Though preserving the Sumner School is proving costly for the city, the group said it won't allow city officials to destruct the now-empty art deco building.

Demoliotion was approved to begin this week, but the historical society says a previous agreement safeguards the school until 2012.

In 1950, Sumner School officials turned away a black minister who tried to enroll his daughter. The family filed a lawsuit which later brought about school desegregation.

Geoffrey Bennett

3:06 PM ET | 06-22-2007 | permalink

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dag
it reminds me of the public transportation system in Montgomery: it's not there.

wow. history is lost on us

Sent by Brother Omi | 9:27 PM ET | 06-25-2007

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