Argued December 9, 1952, Reargued December 8, 1953, Decided May 17, 1954 * Segregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State``solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or``requiring such segregation, denies to N
In Topeka, Kansas, a black third-grader named Linda Brown had to walk one mile through a railroad switchyard to get to her black elementary school, even though a white elementary school was only seven blocks away. Linda's father, Oliver Brown, tried
