On August 1, 2007 the Road To Freedom bus was greeted by local disability rights advocates and the media at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas. The news conference, exhibit and reception were all hosted by the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center (TILRC). [Photos by Tom Olin]
Advocates in front of the Road To Freedom bus with the photograph of a "Separate is never Equal" placard held by a disability rights protester. As we pulled up to the historic Monroe Elementary School building, Dennis Vasquez, Superintendent of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, enthusiastically told us that he could think of no better place for the bus to stop.
Advocates in front of the Road To Freedom bus with the photograph of a "Separate is never Equal" placard held by a disability rights protester. As we pulled up to the historic Monroe Elementary School building, Dennis Vasquez, Superintendent of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, enthusiastically told us that he could think of no better place for the bus to stop.
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