Attached Link: http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/brown.htm

This building still stands in a small town in Texas.

The sign on the doors reads:

"LAMPASAS COLORED SCHOOL
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
This site became the Lampasas Colored School Campus
in 1898. In 1923 this stone building was built to replace
an earlier wooden structure. This campus remained in
operation until 1963 when the public schools in Lampasas
were desegregated.
RESTORATION PROJECT"

Wanted to show the feeling of "if-these-walls-could-talk" &
the not-so-long-ago history as one views & stands within this building.

Excerpt of American history from the link provided:

In 1896 the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson established the "separate but equal" doctrine,
which provided a legal basis for segregated schools. This policy continued until the 1954 case Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka
determined that this policy violated the rights of African Americans to an equal education. Court ordered desegregation
affected school districts everywhere in the United States. When nine African American students attempted to integrate
Arkansas' Little Rock Central High School amidst an angry mob in 1957, the eyes of the nation were upon them.

Race hatred and violence have not been completely eradicated since the Brown decision.
Indeed, another type of segregation can still be seen in many schools and neighborhoods. It is known as "de facto" segregation,
and it results from prejudices and stereotypes that separate our communities. Nevertheless, it was the Court's
mandate in Brown v. Board of Education that forced Americans to face each other and determine if they were
willing to live up to the ideals that are written in the Constitution."

Message edited on: 03/10/2005 12:16