The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas, is expanding to sites in four other states and getting a new designation, according to an announcement on May 13 by the National Park Service (NPS).
Brown v. Board of Education was the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation of public schools is an unconstitutional violation of the 14th Amendment. The single name represents five cases that were heard as one, that had been filed in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Virginia, South Carolina, and Kansas.
The new designation at the Kansas site is signified with a slight name change to Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park. National historical parks are commonly areas of greater physical extent and complexity than national historic sites, according to the NPS.
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