In 1970, desegregation closed the all-black Roosevelt High School in West Palm Beach, Florida, aiming to advance educational equity. While the end of Jim Crow laws was a pivotal step toward justice, it also placed a new burden on Black students and neighborhoods—disrupting the communities they had built under segregation and uprooting Black students disproportionately. The vacated high school, once a pillar of the Black community, remained a physical reminder of that trauma and fell into disrepair until alumni and community advocates could build sufficient momentum around a vision of revival. The current design for a new African American Museum and Research Library* on the Roosevelt site fulfills a long-held dream of the Black community to restore joy in a beloved place. The facility will be modern yet familiar, honoring and memorializing the school’s history and community. The design will reference Roosevelt’s footprint and façade, take inspiration from its lush open courtyards, and center the community’s accomplishments and resilience. Learn how design is strengthened through the power of storytelling, the embrace of culture, and the unbreakable bonds of community.*Project Team: Bora, STORYN, Local Projects, Dr. Nashid Madyun, Hood Design Studio, Community Foundation for Martin and Palm Beach Counties.