Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

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

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park as part of the National Park System in Kansas. It includes Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, shown on a map titled "Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site," Appendix A, dated June 1992. Adds the places shown on a February 2022 map titled "Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Boundary Additions and Affiliated Areas," number 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 Elementary in Topeka. Both maps are filed with the National Park Service and open for public review.

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Title 16, §410iiii–2

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(a)In general
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)Description
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)Boundary adjustment
(1)Additions
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)Map
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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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

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110