Linda Brown, who was the little girl who went against the Topeka Board of Education or historically known as Brown v. Board has passed away. The famous case ended racial segregation in public schools. Sadly the process of school desegregation took years for schools across the nation to comply with the ruling of Brown vs. Board. "Linda Brown is one of that special band of heroic young people who, along with her family, courageously fought to end the ultimate symbol of white supremacy -- racial segregation in public schools." said Sherrilyn Ifill. Linda Brown was only 9 at the time of the case and past away Sunday at the age of 75.
This article was written by Emanuella Grinberg, Sheena Jones and Amir Vera from CNN. Before reading this article I had already known about the historically famous civil rights case Brown vs. Board. Until this article I was aware at the news of her death. This effects my understanding of the article because I know how important the civil rights case in the article is and it effects on public school education. This article was written to inform those about the death of Linda Brown, someone who influence public school education. This article is important because it show that segregation in schools was not long ago. Its sad to know that there are still people who are lived during this time period are alive today.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/26/us/linda-brown-dies/index.html
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