 This mural captures the moment ten years after Brown vs. Board with these children who are in the vanguard of bringing Columbia into the 20th and 21st century. It's powerful, it's even more powerful to have some of the young people who were there then here with us today and a wonderful example of how together we tell the real story of Columbia in a way that edifies and brings people together. A conversation took place about what locations the city might have available and that kind of developed into looking at that area and that neighborhood and exploring what kinds of civil rights activities or photos might exist. As we thought about the history of Rosewood and its connection to civil rights, I was reminded of a powerful photograph that was featured in the New York Times in September of 1964. So we shared that photograph with an artist and in Valencia Park now there's a powerful rendering of that photograph that captures young men and women as they enter the doors at Rosewood Elementary in the fall of 1964. They are among the first African-American students to desegregate Columbia schools in 1964. I'm really humbled to be given an opportunity to shine a light on these kids who I can't imagine what that must have felt like at that young age to walk up there. These past couple years I've been, you know, I've noticed that though we have made some progress, we still have a long way to go and I'm just really humbled to be able to add something that shines a light on the black community and I want, you know, I think it's very important that the black and brown community in Columbia see themselves everywhere and feel like they're part of this community because you are. I can still remember that day walking up the stairs and I was a little afraid, a little excited but didn't know what to expect. But that was 57 years ago and just didn't realize the impact of that. One of the things that we're doing was we wanted to ensure that we had representation from each council district. So these murals are depicted in all four districts, which is very, very exciting. The whole city of Columbia, the Parks Foundation initiative for these wonderful public art pieces, the murals in all districts, it's just been amazing to really talk about the history, past, present, future, from main street to every street and how important that history is to future generations of Colombians. So everything that we do to this, like what the mayor says, adds to our story and the more people we can make aware of our story, I think just really creates a cohesiveness. We're all part of this really quilt that is Columbia.