School Segregation 5 Things - from our story 'Linda Brown: Brown v. Board Of Education Hero, Dies'

Linda Brown Smith. Smith was a third grader when her father started a class-action suit in 1951 of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, which led to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision against school segregation. Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Many inequities in education still exist for black students and for Hispanics, a population that has grown exponentially since the 1954 ruling School Segregation 5 Things

Linda Brown Smith. Smith was a third grader when her father started a class-action suit in 1951 of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, which led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark decision against school segregation. Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. Many … Continue reading "School Segregation 5 Things"

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