Linda Brown, who as a little girl in Topeka was at the center of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation in the United States, has died at age 75.

"I really didn't know what to expect," recalled Linda Wetmore Halpern, then a 19-year-old from Massachusetts and now a teacher, featured in PBS' "Freedom Summer" documentary.

Linda Brown, who at the age of 9 became the cornerstone figure in the landmark Supreme Court case that struck down segregation in the nation's schools, has died at age 76 in Kansas, according to ...

Linda Brown, the 12-year-old girl who was the subject of the unanimous 1954 Supreme Court decision that outlawed formal school segregation, died today at the age of 76. Linda’s father, Oliver ...

Ms. Thomas talked about the book she edited, [Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone: The Brown v. Board of Education Decision], published by Jump at the Sun. The book is a collection of essays, stories ...

Linda took great pride in her yard, creating new flower gardens whenever she could and tending to them throughout the summer.

They heard the call of freedom, a summons that still haunts They were idealists taking on the nation’s shame, students who stood with brave, black Mississippians denied a most basic civil right ...

Linda Brown, the woman who was at the center of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision that ended school segregation, has died at age 76.

Linda Brown, at the Center of Brown v. Board of Education, Has Died After being refused enrollment at an all-white school in Topeka, Kansas, Brown’s court case led to the historic Supreme Court ...

Linda Brown, left, attends ceremonies in 1979 observing the anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in her father's class-action lawsuit against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kan.