John Brown’s involvement in Bleeding Kansas set the spark that ignited the Civil War that freed millions of enslaved human beings. Brown v. Board of Education fired the opening shots in the Civil Rights Movement determined to end the second class citizenship assigned to African Americans.

We will leave the Fellowship parking lot at 9:15 on Saturday, July 29, and drive to Brown v. Board (1515 SE Monroe Street, Topeka, 66612). We have a ranger-guided tour scheduled for 10:30.

If you would like, please bring a lunch. There are shaded picnic tables on the site, so we can have a pleasant meal after the tour.

On your own you could continue to the Topeka Zoo (ride the train!) or visit the Capitol (see the John Curry’s mural of John Brown in the rotunda of the Kansas State Capitol and then climb the stairs all the way to the top to look out over Topeka!).

For questions or information, contact Sandy (dre@uufm.net) or Dan (swenson.home@gmail.com).