Opening Jan. 19, 2008 at the Atlanta History Center, Courage is an award-winning exhibition that tells the story of Rev. J.A. De Laine and the brave citizens of South Carolina’s fight for desegregated schools.

Half a century ago, a series of lawsuits that changed America were launched leading to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. The Brown decision ruled racially segregated schools were unconstitutional and it set in motion a series of events that continue to shape our lives today.

Through photographs, oral histories and key artifacts, Courage explores the grassroots activism that one community initiated to begin the process that ended legal segregation of all races in America's schools.

For more information on this exhibit, visit www.atlantahistorycenter.com or call (404) 814-4000.