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May 23, 2008

Last Brown v. Board Plaintiff Dies


The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88.

Zelma Henderson died this week in Topeka, six weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. source

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Anonymous said...

r.i.p

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