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§410iiii–2 Establishment of the Civil Rights in Education: Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–GGG— - BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410iiii–2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park in Kansas. The park includes the Monroe Elementary School site in Topeka, Shawnee County, shown on a June 1992 map (Appendix A) that the National Park Service keeps on file. It also adds places shown on a February 2022 map (no. 462/178,449): the Summerton High School site and the former Scott’s Branch High School site in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina, and about 1 acre next to Monroe. Those maps are on file and open for the public to see.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410iiii–2

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(a)There is hereby established as a unit of the National Park System the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park in the State of Kansas.
(b)The historical park shall consist of the Monroe Elementary School site in the city of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site,” numbered Appendix A and dated June 1992. Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(c)(1)In addition to the land described in subsection (b), the historical park shall include the land and interests in land, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Boundary Additions and Affiliated Areas”, numbered 462/178,449, and dated February 2022, and more particularly described as—
(A)the Summerton High School site in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina;
(B)the former Scott’s Branch High School site in Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina; and
(C)approximately 1 acre of land adjacent to Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
(2)The map described in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.

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Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–123, § 2(c)(3), substituted “Historical Park” for “Historic Site” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–123, § 2(c)(2), substituted “National Historical Park” for “National Historic Site”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–123, § 2(c)(4), substituted “historical park” for “historic site”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–123, § 3(e), added subsec. (c).

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410iiii–2

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73