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Last Brown v. Board plaintiff dies

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** FILE ** In this May 1, 2004 file photo Zelma Henderson, the last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, stands outside Lowman Hill Elementary School, in Topeka, Kan. Lowman Hill, the first integrated school in Topeka, was the first school Henderson's children attended after the ruling came down. Henderson died Tuesday May 20, 2008 in Topeka. She was 88. (AP Photo/Topeka Capital Journal, Anthony S. Bush, File)The last surviving plaintiff in Topeka's Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation in public schools, has died at 88.



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