United States, Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka, 39.04833, -95.67804Atlanta Journal-Constitution1974Newspaper caption attached to print verso: "The Brown Decision: Mrs. Linda Brown Smith is shown at home in Topeka, Kan., with her two children, Kimberley and Charles. The decision of Mrs. Smith's father in 1951 to take to court his anger over his 9-year old Linda's experiences of segregated education led all the way to the Supreme Court and the ruling for the plaintiff on May 17, 1954, in the matter of 'Oliver Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.' Mrs. Smith's children go to an integrated school a block away from home. 4/30/74." Mrs. Smith was previously known by the last names of her two first husbands: "Linda Brown Thompson" and "Linda Brown Buckner."image/jp2http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic ArchiveBrown vs. Board of Education of TopekaCivil rights--CasesAfrican American familiesCivil rights pioneer, Mrs. Linda Brown Smith, with her two children Kimberley and Charles, Topeka, Kansas, April 1974.StillImage