She was a civil rights icon. She was someone who transformed the country. She was Linda Brown — best known as the 3rd grade little girl at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended segregation in America’s public schools.
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Linda Brown was 9-years-old in 1951 when her father, Rev. Oliver Brown, attempted to enroll her at the all-white Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas. Intent on enforcing segregation the school denied her enrollment, which prompted her father to sue the Topeka Board of Education. Soon thereafter, the NAACP joined their fight and 4 similar cases were combined with Brown’s and presented to the Supreme Court in what came to be known as the infamous Brown v. Board of Education legal case.
As history will confirm, the Brown’s won the battle and little Linda Brown was forcibly admitted to the Sumner School in Topeka — thus desegregating her school in Kansas and public schools all across the country. For this, her name will forever be a prominent part of American history.
Linda Brown passed away Sunday afternoon in Topeka at the age of 75. Earlier this week, Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer acknowledged Brown’s contribution to American ‘civil rights’ history.
“Sixty-four years ago a young girl from Topeka brought a case that ended segregation in public schools in America. Linda Brown’s life reminds us that sometimes the most unlikely people can have an incredible impact and that by serving our community we can truly change the world.”
Thank you, Ms. Brown, for changing a nation. May you rest in power and continue to live on in our memories.
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Linda Brown’s life reminds us that sometimes the most unlikely people can have an incredible impact and that by serving our community we can truly change the world. […]
So true DJ. So True.
May she Rest in Paradise.