geoff: kevin young and annette gordon reed, welcome to the "newshour." you because you as i understand it, you knew linda brown, who has a schoolgirl was at the center of this landmark case. her father, oliver, tried to enroll her at an all white school not too far from their home in topeka. tell us about her, her family and their decision to partner with the naacp and other plaintiffs to challenge segregation in public schools. kevin: it is such an important anniversary that we're marking the 70th anniversary of, and i did indeed grew up in topeka, kansas, in part and and went to the very church that linda brown played piano and organ at and saying. she was quite enough force then, and i knew and was well aware of the case agreed to me every sunday in the vestibule with reverend oliver brown, who had been at that church, st. mark's church in topeka. and i think it was that kind of spiritual center of the case that she posed and that she still held in to a peak of, kansas that was really powerful to me. and i think there is a long road that leads to brow