Historical Marker
September 11, 2001
Historical marker location:
Doerr Vernon Park, Larned, Kansas
( Memorial is at the intersection of Fort Larned Avenue and College Street, on the left when traveling east on Fort Larned Avenue.)
Kansas was the site of the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case in 1954, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional and paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement.