When the school refused to allow the black pupil to enroll, her father sued the Topeka Board of Education. The lawsuit led to the famous 1954 Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education. Linda's father was lead plaintiff in the case that saw the Supreme Court end school segregation. Linda Brown died Sunday afternoon at the Peaceful Rest Funeral Chapel in Topeka. Oliver Brown joined a dozen other plaintiffs to form a NAACP legal challenge of segregation in Kansas schools, according to CNN.

Source: Daily Mail March 26, 2018 23:00 UTC