Linda Brown Recalls Her Role in the Historic ‘Brown v. Board of Education’ Case

Linda Brown, the schoolgirl at the heart of the Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit, died on Sunday, at the age of seventy-six. In this video recorded in 2004, she relates her memories of the situation that led her father, Oliver Brown, to file the court case that ultimately led to the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.

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