Segregation in Schools is Outlawed
"The case that gave the Brown v. Board of Education decision its name originated in a Federal District Court in Topeka, Kansas. The Russell Daily News, serving the city and county of Russell, Kansas, announced the decision with a banner headline and two front page stories. On the day of the decision, this evening newspaper carried United Press reports from Washington, D.C., and from Topeka, along with the ruling and the Kansas Attorney General's statement of intention to comply." (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-brown.html)
"Sara Lightfoot, a ten-year-old black girl, vividly recalled the moment that news of Brown reached her house. "Jubilation, optimism, and joy filled my home," she wrote later. "Through a child's eye, I could see the veil of oppression lift from my parents' shoulders. It seemed they were standing taller. And for the first time in my life I saw tears in my father's eyes..."" (Brown v. Board of Education A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy p. 70)