WASHINGTON: Linda Brown, who was at the centre of the 1950s court battle that led to the desegregation of US schools, has died, the organization that spearheaded the landmark legal effort said Monday. “Linda Brown, lead plaintiff in our landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, has died,” the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Legal Defense Fund said on Twitter. (File pix): This 1964 handout photograph obtained courtesy of the Library of Congress shows Linda Brown (centre). The American Civil Liberties Union rights group also hailed the impact of the Brown case, and Brown herself. “Today we honor Linda Brown and all the fights we have left to win.”bur-wd/it

Source: New Strait Times March 27, 2018 02:48 UTC