It said that separating people by race was legal, as long as the buildings and equipment were equal.īut the father of young Linda Brown did not think racial segregation was right or fair. The reason related to a Supreme Court decision from 1896. Every day, she had to travel for more than an hour to go to a local public school for black children.Īt the time, public school systems could legally separate black and white students. In the early 1950s, Linda Brown was eight years old. Linda Brown grew up to be a teacher, musician, and civil rights activist.Īt the center of the case was a little girl.
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