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Brown Vs. Board Of Education Exhibit

On Friday April 24, I ventured out to the Krannert Art Museum to visit the Brown vs. Board of Education exhibit. About fifty some odd yrs ago, the United States was practically transformed by that one court case. The Brown Vs. Board of Education case was, of course, a monumental and significant court room decision because it ended segregation in schools, which also later led to further actions towards ending segregation completely.

When I arrived at the museum I noticed the area was very quiet and vast with art. It did have a more scholarly type of atmosphere one might say. It just seemed like the kind of place that only intellectuals would go to. So of course I felt out of place. …show more content…

Surprisingly enough to me, it was predominately white! I was actually thinking that there would be at least some black people in attendance or more, but there were none in sight. I was the only one. For a second I felt a bit upset that, as a people, African Americans couldn’t appreciate the commemoration of such an important event. It made me feel like we didn’t understand the actual change that took place. That is more than likely because we take our forefather’s actions for granted. Then again, I just disregarded the thought as we [blacks] all do sometimes, and just rationalized my unsettled thoughts by thinking that, “Well it is Saturday. Maybe people have better things to do rather than honor those who fought for our natural human rights.”

Again, I naturally thought that the exhibit was feared to black people until I saw this one series of pictures. There were five pictures. In the picture was one white woman and one black woman. They were both sitting in a chair. The entire setting was in black and white. In the first picture they both sat back to back. In the second picture the white woman forces the black woman out of the chair. The third one shows the black woman returning to fight for the seat. Then the fourth one shows the white woman resisting. Finally in the last picture, both of the women are sitting down again, just as they were in the first picture. Now I must say that when I

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