Linda Brown, center of Brown v. Board case, dies at 76
Source: The Topeka Capital-Journal
By Tim Hrenchir
Posted at 3:37 PM
Updated at 4:43 PM
Linda Brown, who as a little girl in Topeka was at the center of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation in the United States, has died at age 76.
Browns sister, Cheryl Brown Henderson, founding president of The Brown Foundation, confirmed the death. She said family will not comment on her sisters death. Peaceful Rest Funeral Chapel of Topeka will handle arrangements.
Linda Browns father, Oliver Brown, became the lead plaintiff in the Brown v. Board case after attempting to enroll her in 1951 in the all-white Sumner Elementary School near the familys home in Topeka.
He was rebuffed and told his daughter had to attend the all-black Monroe School, two miles from their home. The Topeka school district maintained 18 elementary schools for white children and four for black children.
Read more: http://www.cjonline.com/news/20180326/linda-brown-center-of-brown-v-board-case-dies-at-76
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)gopiscrap
(23,758 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,906 posts)R.I.P. to what was a brave little girl and a brave family, who took on the "system" and broke a century of dejure segregation.
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)MuseRider
(34,108 posts)but I know Cheryl Brown Henderson and I did not know she was Linda Brown's sister.
May Linda rest in peace.
oasis
(49,381 posts)My condolences and thanks to all of them.
flygal
(3,231 posts)rurallib
(62,411 posts)there is always the hope that they will live forever to teach newer generations.
It looks like some huge heroes for the future rising up right now when the country desperately needs them
Thank you Linda Brown and your family.