The last plaintiff in the historic Brown v. Board of Education case has died at 88. Zelma Henderson died Tuesday in Topeka, six weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the Associated Press reported today.

Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed segregation in public schools, is arguably one of the most important Supreme Court cases of the 20th Century. The film “‘Beyond Brown’, which premiered on PBS in 2004, takes the conversation on the historic Supreme Court case to another level. It explores contemporary issues dealing with race and equal access to quality schools via compelling real-life stories.

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