Linda Brown was eight years old when her father attempted to enroll her in an all white elementary school. Credit: Google Images
- Linda Brown was eight years old when her father attempted to enroll her in an all white elementary school.
- Monroe Elementary is now a National Historic Monument in Topeka, Kansas.
- Monroe Elementary was a segregated school for black children. Seperat but in no way equal.
- Sumner Elementary was for the exclusive use of white students.
- Brown vs. Board of Education was a pivotal moment in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States.
- Although the Supreme Court decision in the case was handed down in 1954, it would take another 20 years for it to be fully implemented.
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