Zelma Henderson died Tuesday (May 20) in Topeka, Kansas after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Mrs Henderson was 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, she was 88.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Rip: Zelma Henderson
Zelma Henderson died Tuesday (May 20) in Topeka, Kansas after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Mrs Henderson was 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, she was 88.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
RIP: Mildred Loving
Mildred Loving passed away on Monday, at her home in rural Milford. The loving's are the interracial couple that challenged the laws on interracial marriage with U.S. Supreme Court in 1967. They opened the door for mixed race couples to marry without prosecution. She was 68.
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