Lawyer in ’54 School Integration Case Dies
Charles S. Scott Sr., 67, an attorney who helped integrate public schools nationwide by bringing suit in the landmark Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education case, died Friday after a long illness following a stroke.
In 1951, Scott, his brother, the late John J. Scott, and the late Charles Bledsoe sued the Topeka Board of Education in U.S. District Court on behalf of Linda Brown, a black elementary school student.
The case was later appealed to the Supreme Court, which declared on May 17, 1954, that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
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