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Library of Congress exhibition marking 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of education opens May 13 The Library of Congress will open an exhibition titled “With an Even Hand: Brown v. Board at Fifty” on May 13, in the South Gallery of the Thomas Jef ferson Building’s Great Hall, 10 S St S.E;, Washington, D.C. On view through November 13, the exhibition is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday-Sat urday. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that “sepa rate educational facilities are inherently unequal” was pivotal to the struggle for racial desegregation in the United States. The exhibi tion, featuring more than 100 items from the Library’s collection of books, photo graphs, political cartoons, manuscripts, maps, music and films, will examine the Supreme Court’s decision and related precedent-set ting court cases, public response and the aftermath of this profound milestone. The exhibition title quotes Robert L. Carter, a counsel for the plaintiffs, in his Dec. 9, 1952, oral argu ments before the United States Supreme Court. Arguing against the consti tutionality of racial segrega tion in public schools, he said, “It is our position that any legislative or govern mental classification must fall with an even hand on all persons similarly situated.” m. For l-10.com :‘ e R g e % &, ,;‘ k 35‘2@ M 5 ; | ' h & BUY ONE GET ONE Fres Ground , Chuck o Value Pack | WITH YOUR BONUSCARDY | (3-4 Ib, Packs) ' +. ; Boneless Whole BONEIEss New York St : Steaks . 99 New York Strips Borus Fock , -, 19-15 Ibs. Avg. Wat. B¢ 8 ] VLA DA Y (Skcdm‘) . ; nn i £ ’ ‘ & sw“ RO wa 99 & i 1 . & i ' Bounty P. ] e g oo o eSO | “ , | : B e Upo Watermelon A Charmin Bath Tissue T 2 m i ] : . | wa S Addect Soecns j ¥4 Dounss bee ‘} { : Pkl ARSI BHE | o s i b . e (TR TR TR T T TR T, T e 0 e e il i G e | GeETTRITITTIETD " lao I { | Russet | H Ketch RISV ¥ i' ™ 'i i Pomm | UhtS e up -t L f. Wl7 00M, 100 996 N ‘ € | w4ooz i s | esß g 0 P iOotoebßt 843 L 00 “With an Even Hand” is presented in three sections. Section One examines the court cases leading to the 1954 decision, including the landmark Plessy v. Fer guson case, which estab lished the “separate but equal” doctrine in 1896. This section of the exhibi tion also examines pivotal events such as the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), whose legal arm launched the actions that culminated in the Brown v. Board of Education court cases. Fea tured in this section is a copy of the 1909 platform adopted by the National Negro Committee, the pre cursor of the NAACP Among the “first and imme diate steps” listed in the platform is the adoption of the principle “that there be equal educational opportu nities for all and in all the States, and that public school expenditure be the same for Negro and white child.” Also included is a 1939 memorandum from Thurgood Marshall to Wal ter white and Arthur B. Spingarn concerning the founding of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educa tional Fund. Section Two examines the history of the Brown v. Board of Education decision and reaction to the Supreme Court decision. Featured materials include a May 7, 1954, letter from Chief Jus tice Earl Warren to mem AUGUSTA FOCUS bers of the court; a front page edition of Kansas’ The Russell Daily News, May 17, 1954, photographs of Brown lawyers Harold P. Boulware, Thurgood Mar shall and Spottswood W. Robinson 111 at the Supreme Court conferring prior to presenting argu ments during Brown v. Board of Education; and of Thurgood Marshall, George E.C. Hayes and James Nabrit walking down the steps of the Supreme Court in 1954. Also featured are manuscripts from Supreme Court justices, including Felix Frankfurter's draft decree in Brown v. Board of Education II (the April 1955 decision that deter mined the manner in which relief was to be accorded to the plaintiffs). In Brown 11, Frankfurter inserted “with all deliberate speed,” which had been suggested by Thurgood Marshall, in place of “forthwith” as the appropriate measure for implementing the first Brown decision. Section Three follows the aftermath of the Brown decision and focuses on events such as the Mont gomery, Ala., bus boycott, the desegregation of Little Rock High School and James Meredith’s entry into the University of Mississip pi. Featured items include a Sept. 21, 1962, report to President John E Kennedy from John A. 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In connection with the exhibition, the Library of Congress will present a vari ety of outreach and educa tional programs, including educators’ institutes and school tours, a film series, symposia, lectures and other presentations. In addition, the Library will sponsor a poster competition among students in grades three through eight in the District of Columbia public schools. Winning designs will be dis played in the exhibition area. Also on display in the exhibition area will be selected materials from “Voices of Civil Rights,” a cooperative effort among the Library of Congress, AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights to collect and preserve thou sands of personal stories, oral histories, photographs and personal artifacts of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The col lection of personal accounts of America’s struggle for jus tice and equality will be housed permanently at the Library of Congress. 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