Linda brown thompson biography

Linda Brown, Topeka’s Daughter born

*Linda Brown Thompson was born on this date in 1943.

The lead attorney working on behalf of the plaintiffs was future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

Winning 'Brown v. Because she was forced to travel a significant distance to elementary school due to racial segregation, her father was one of the plaintiffs in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, argued in the U.S.

Supreme Court by the NAACP's Thurgood Marshall, which led to outlawing school segregation in 1954; and 

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NAACP family trusts that the family of Mrs. Brown Thompson will find solace in her indelible place in history as the iconic center of the most famous Supreme Court case in American history, which bares her maiden last name and will perpetually impact the lives of students in the nation's public education system; and 

 

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the NAACP implores its units to ensure that the central plaintiff in the Brown v.

Board of Education of Topeka decision, by the time the case was decided by the Supreme Court in 1954, she was already in junior high school; and 

 

WHEREAS, Linda later attended an integrated middle school, where she was sometimes harassed by journalists who tracked her grades (which reportedly were never less than a B on her year-end report card), and she later attended an integrated high school in Springfield, Missouri; and 

 

WHEREAS, Linda's advocacy for equal access to education continued throughout her lifetime, even reopening her case against the Kansas Board of Education in 1979, while her own children were attending Topeka schools, arguing that segregation continued; and was again victorious with the appeals court ruling in her favor in 1993; and 

 

WHEREAS, Linda Carol Brown Thompson was a wife, mother, champion for equity in education, a civil rights activist, a public speaker, an education consultant, a Head Start teacher and a program associate in the Brown Foundation, who departed this earthly life on March 25, 2018 in Topeka, Kansas. 

 

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People commemorates the remarkable life and legacy of Linda Carol Brown Thompson, the lead named plaintiff in the landmark case Brown v.

Brown went on to attend Washburn and Kansas State universities and had a family. Although her family wouldn't comment, Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer paid tribute to the woman who sparked one of the landmark cases in American history: "Sixty-four years ago a young girl from Topeka brought a case that ended segregation in public schools in America," he tweeted.

"Linda Brown's life reminds us that sometimes the most unlikely people can have an incredible impact and that by serving our community we can truly change the world."

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• Name: Linda Brown
• Birth Year: 1943
• Birth date: February 20, 1943
• Birth State: Kansas
• Birth City: Topeka
• Birth Country: United States
• Gender: Female
• Best Known For: Linda Brown was the child associated with the lead name in the landmark case Brown v.

  v. Linda Brown Thompson passed away on March 25, 2018, at Lexington Park Nursing & Post-Acute Center.

  To Become an Elementary School Teacher

WHEREAS, Linda Carol Brown, the oldest of three daughters of Leola and Oliver Brown, was born in Topeka, Kansas on February 20, 1943; and 

 

WHEREAS, as a third grade student, Linda's parents attempted to enroll her in nearby Sumner elementary school and were denied due to the color of her skin, prompting them to join the group of civil rights lawsuits coordinated and supported by the National Association for the Association of Colored People (NAACP), which was ultimately decided in the renown United States Supreme Court case, Brown v.

The four segregated African American elementary schools in Topeka were Buchanan, McKinley, Monroe, and Washington.

Board of Education of Topeka; and 

 

WHEREAS, at the time, Linda, had no concept of segregation and simply wanted to avoid a long walk and bus ride, and went on to become the symbolic center of Brown v. Oliver died two years later, and his widow moved the girls back to Topeka. Board of Education is named, Linda Brown traveled the country with other family members, lecturing about the history of this significant civil rights milestone.

Her father was among the 13 parents recruited.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; and 

 

WHEREAS, although her right to attend Sumner was upheld in the Brown v.

With Brown's name happening to alphabetically top the list of plaintiffs, the case would come to be known as Brown v.