Zelma Henderson, 88; last Brown v. Board plaintiff
Posted: Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 2:03 pmMay 21, 2008 — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The last plaintiff in the historic Brown versus Board of Education case has died.
Zelma Henderson died yesterday in Topeka, Kansas, at 88. She had pancreatic cancer.
In 1950, Henderson and 12 other black parents in Topeka challenged the city’s segregated school system. The 1954 Supreme Court decision in the case overturned segregation in the country’s public schools. … Read full obituary
