They wanted Linda to attend the nearby elementary school instead of walking to a stop to be bussed to the African-American school.
They wanted Linda to attend the nearby elementary school instead of walking to a stop to be bussed to the African-American school.
Linda Schwartz Green has written: '40 active learning strategies for the inclusive classroom, grades K-5' -- subject(s): Activity programs in education, Education (Elementary), Active learning, Inclusive education, Elementary Education
Linda Brown had to walk six blocks to her school bus stop to ride to Monroe Elementary, her segregated black school one mile (1.6 km) away from her home. Sumner Elementary, a white school, was seven blocks from her house.
LInda Brown was a thrid grader who had to walk six blocks to take a bus to a black elementary school that was one mile from her home while there was a white elementary school only 7 blocks from her home. Linda Brown's father was the 'Brown' in Brown v. Board of Education which was the case that went to the Supreme Court challenging school segregation. The Supreme Court's decision required the desegregation of schools across America.
On Friday, October 16, 2009
Linda Brown was denied admission to an all-white elementary school in Topeka, Kansas because of the segregation policies at that time, which enforced separate schools for white and black students. This led to the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which ultimately ended segregation in public schools in the United States.
Linda K. Walkden has written: 'A bibliotherapy program to enhance the self-concept of elementary school children' -- subject(s): Bibliotherapy for children, Books and reading, Elementary school libraries, Self-esteem in children, Children
Linda Marr has written: 'Education for the preservation of brown bears' -- subject(s): Brown bear, Evaluation, Juvenile literature, Curricula, Zoology, Environmental education, Study and teaching (Elementary)
St Francis of Assisi in Yorba Linda is the best.
It all began in Topeka, Kansas in 1950 when Linda Carol Brown, a beautiful black girl was not allowed to attend the elementary school in her neighborhood. The principal there rather have her walk across frequently running train tracks to a bus stop to ride across town to a school shack reserved for black children.
Linda Corman has written: 'Community education in Canada' -- subject- s -: Bibliography, Community and school