Trust for Public Land Issues Statement on Passing of Linda Brown
March 27, 2018
March 27, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 27 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following statement by President and CEO Diane Regas:
"We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Linda Brown, whose courage changed the course of history.
"Linda's brave actions at her two-story brick schoolhouse in Topeka, Kansas not only sparked the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation, but helped awaken the conscience of the nation.
"We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Linda Brown, whose courage changed the course of history.
"Linda's brave actions at her two-story brick schoolhouse in Topeka, Kansas not only sparked the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation, but helped awaken the conscience of the nation.