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Located on SE Monroe Street, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site is housed in the Monroe Elementary School, one of four schools in Topeka that became desegregated after the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision to end racial segregation in public schools.

Once the historic school was closed in 1975, it changed ownership several times until it was bought by the Trust for Public Land in 1991. The building and grounds are listed as a U.S. National Historic Landmark, and the National Park Service operates the site.

National Park Rangers lead 15 to 25 minute narrated tours of the building with its galleries and temporary exhibits.

Address: 1515 SE Monroe Street, Topeka, Kansas, Phone: 785-354-4273

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