Breaking: Linda Brown, child at the center of the landmark Brown v. Board Education case, dies at 76

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   Linda Brown's enrollment at the all-white Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas, was blocked in 1951, causing her family to challenge school segregation laws. In the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case, the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down state laws that allowed "separate but equal" public schools, ending legal segregation across the U.S. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM     Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108