away from an all white school near where they lived and so while the case took on so much importance and represented so many other plaintiffs, she lived out her life as linda brown of brown vs. board of education until her death last night in her hometown of topeka, kansas. she could not have predicted what she and her dad started, a case argued before the court by thurgood marshall who would later make history by sitting on the court. the 101st airborne sent to arkansas because a racial governor would not enforce it. it s why we tonight remember linda brown of topeka, kansas, because all great struggles have to start somewhere. this one started with her. that is our broadcast for this monday night as we begin a new week. thank you so very much for being with us. good night from nbc headquarters
flonase. last thing before we go it was back in 1954 the chief justice of the u.s. supreme court earl warren thought it was very important that the court rule unanimously in what he knew would be a landmark case for all of us and for all time. thankfully it is still taught in schools today. the ruling by a unanimous supreme court found segregation was unconstitutional. it did not solve inequality in education. that goes on today. the case did send a clear and indelible message to our still evolving country not yet a decade after the end of the second world war in the age of fdr. the brown in brown vs. board of education was linda brown. it was her father who objected to his daughter being turned
1121 cross street in little rock, and the new school day is dawning. reporter: a year after the montgomery bus boycott, little rock became the stage for the next drama of the movement when local naacp leaders hand-picked nine black students and pressured the school board to enroll them at all white central high school. they were challenging the city to comply with the supreme court s 1954 decision in brown vs. board of education where the court ruled that all public schools must be integrated. ernest green, age 16, 12th grade. when they said, are you interested in transferring to central, i said, hey, why not? my attitude was that change was coming, i want to be a part of it. i m ready to change the face of the south. reporter: the story took an
accusing mr. trump of political theater. when it s the democrats are engaged in the political theater though cover up their mismanagement of this state. these are violent criminalser that going after in oakland. they were suspected gang members. this is the safety and security of the people of california and jerry brown and gavin newsom are political demagogues who are using this issue to scare people, to create a war with washington that shouldn t exist yes, the president is fully justified in using the military if he has to president eisenhower did that after brown vs. board of education in the 50 s. i want to know how jerry brown and gavin newsom getting off being george wallace and standing up and saying they are not going to allow federal law to take precedence. this is totally against the law. they are doing it to cover up their incredible mismanagement of the state
accusing mr. trump of political theater. when it s the democrats are engaged in the political theater though cover up their mismanagement of this state. these are violent criminalser that going after in oakland. they were suspected gang members. this is the safety and security of the people of california and jerry brown and gavin newsom are political demagogues who are using this issue to scare people, to create a war with washington that shouldn t exist yes, the president is fully justified in using the military if he has to president eisenhower did that after brown vs. board of education in the 50 s. i want to know how jerry brown and gavin newsom getting off being george wallace and standing up and saying they are not going to allow federal law to take precedence. this is totally against the law. they are doing it to cover up their incredible mismanagement of the state of california.