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 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board  
Celebration
Events May 10-19, 2019


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You are Invited to 10 Days of Community Events! 
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Friday, May 10   
8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.   Brown v. Board 1954: Hear our Voices   Carlton Waterhouse, Keynote  Symposium featuring community members directly involved in the Brown v. Board case, with look back and a look forward   Student Art Exhibit  Topeka Performing Arts Center (TPAC), 214 SE 8th  Free
7 p.m.  Smoke Behind Closed Doors   New Tyson Williams play    Topeka High Hoehner Auditorium, 800 SW 10th  Tickets $15 www.smokebehindcloseddoors.com

​Saturday, May 11   
3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.   Art and Cultures: A Mural Tour bus tours from Topeka High, Free
7 p.m.   Smoke Behind Closed Doors Tyson Williams    Topeka High Hoehner Auditorium, 800 SW 10th Tickets $15 www.smokebehindcloseddoors.com

Sunday, May 12   
3 p.m.   DANCE....in Black and White – a movement in desegregation   New Steven Massey dance  Student Art in Lobby   Topeka Performing Arts Center (TPAC) 214 SE 8th  Tickets $10  from TPAC or Ticketmaster

Monday, May 13  
9 a.m. – 9 p.m.  Oral Histories Day Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 SW 10th    Free 

Tuesday, May 14              
10 a.m. - 7 p.m.  Art Gallery Day   Exhibit from the museum’s permanent collection which engage viewers with notions of freedom of expression and civil liberty    Mulvane Art Museum, 1700 SW Jewell   Free
11 a.m.   Unanimous, Dr. Brett Beatty   Gallery talk reflecting on how the Brown v Board decision affected our ideas of freedom and civil rights Mulvane Art Museum, 1700 SW Jewell   Free
12 p.m.-2:30 p.m.   Art and Cultures: A Mural Tour bus tour from Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn Campus 1700 SW Jewell   Free

Wednesday, May 15  
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Brown v. Board Day Exhibits, ranger talks, student art, self-guided citywide Brown to Brown tours    Brown v. Board National Historic Site, 1515 SE Monroe   Free
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.  I Just Want to Testify    Preview and discussion of a new KTWU documentary, capturing the experiences of the Topeka community as integration was implemented    Brown v. Board National Historic Site, 1515 SE Monro   Free

​Thursday, May 16  
10 a.m. – 7 p.m.  Brown v. Board Film Day at Jayhawk Theatre 
10:00 a.m. Daughters of the Dust,
1:00 p.m. The Learning Tree,
3:00 p.m. Lean on Me,
5:00 p.m. The Marva Collins Story,
7:00 p.m. BlacKkKlansman v
All Day Student 3-D Art  
9:00 p.m.  Oscar Award-winning Kevin Willmott   Film talk after BlacKkKlansman 
Jayhawk Theatre, 720 SW Jackson       Free

Friday, May 17  
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.  Brown v. Board 2019: Real Talk, Next Steps – Ruben West, Keynote  Full community conversation with testimony, showcasing of community efforts and roundtable visioning participation for all  Topeka First United Methodist Church, 600 SW Topeka     Free
5 p.m. - 10 p.m.  Brown v. Board 65th Anniversary Celebration    Music, Spoken Word, Food Trucks, Brown v. Board outdoor mural, 1424 SE Monroe     Free

Saturday, May 18  
11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. Brown v Board 65th History Tours  bus tours from Brown v. Board National Historic Site, 1515 SE Monroe    Free

​Most exhibits and self-guided versions of all tours will be available every day of the event.  Print materials for all will be available at all sites.
 
The 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board: An Unfinished Agenda  is made possible by the initiative of Brown v Board Sumner Legacy Trust.  Deepest thanks go to primary partners Brown v. Board National Historic Site and Freedoms Frontier National Heritage Area, all of the partners and host above and to Kansas African American Advisory Committee and AARP.

Brown v. Board Sumner Legacy Trust


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