Linda Brown was a young African American girl who became a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement. In 1951, she was denied admission to the all-white Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas, which led her father, Oliver Brown, to file a lawsuit against the school district. This case eventually became part of the landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education. The Supreme Court's decision in 1954 declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, marking a significant victory for the civil rights movement. Linda Brown's experience highlighted the injustices of segregation and helped pave the way for greater equality in education across the United States.