Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

View the recipients of the 2025 National Park Service Excellence in Interpretation Awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to the practice of interpretation and education by NPS employees.

South Carolina built over 700 modern schools for African American students in the 1950s and 1960s to avoid desegregating its school systems.

A ParkVentures grant funded a multi-generational art program at Claymont Community Center, an affiliated area of Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, tied to First State National Historical Park.

On May 17, 1979, President Jimmy Carter marked 25 years since Brown v. Board of Education, honored A. Philip Randolph, and called for stronger fair housing enforcement and equal economic opportunity.