Study Guide for Brown v. Board of Education Mural

In 2018, Kansas artist Michael Young created the Brown v. Board of Education mural, which is located on the third floor of the Kansas Capitol. The painting depicts the legacy of the 1954 landmark U.S. Supreme Court desegregation case that had its roots in Topeka. In 2025 The Kansas Oral History Project interviewed Michael Young in front of a live audience at the Statehouse. Creating this study guide for students was a suggestion of the audience. Many of the materials for students are found under Resources for Educators, History which is one of the five areas designated by the state Board of Education. Students should watch the full Kansas Oral History interview of the artist by Linda Jeffrey which is available in the collection, Notable Kansans. In addition, two other interviews in the Diversity collection (Ben Scott and Carolyn Wims Campbell) deal with segregation of schools and similar topics.

Brown v Board of Education; Choices have Consequences; Compelling Questions; Compromise; HGSS4; HGSS5; Middle School; Relationships between people, place, idea and environments are dynamic. (HGSS 5); Societies experience continuity and change over time. (HGSS 4)