Zelma Henderson [SEP] cause of death
pancreatic cancer on May 20, 2008. She was the last survivor of the original "Brown v. Board of Education" of Topeka case.
She was survived by her son, Donald, five grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. Her husband, Andrew Henderson, died in 1971 and their daughter, Vicki, died in 1984.
External links.
- Topeka Capital-Journal: Many people part of local case: Thirteen parents representing 20 children signed up as Topeka plaintiffs
Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," in agreement with Henderson and the other plaintiff's original suit.
Henderson appeared in numerous events commemorating the decision throughout her life. In a 1994 Dallas Morning News interview, she told the interviewing reporter, "None of us knew that this case would be so important and come to the magnitude it has. What little bit I did, I feel I helped the whole nation."
Death.
Zelma Henderson died in Topeka, Kansas, at the age of 88 of