Write an essay ---Remember, the goal of your paper is to connect issues important in the United States between1877 and 1900 to the present. You must write about both the past and the present.

The case of brown v. board of education was started when a. oliver brown's daughter had to walk 21 blocks to the nearest school when an all-white school was only 7 blocks away. b. oliver brown's son was caught at a sit-in at the local school district. c. oliver brown's son was unable to participate in the school's all-white football team. d. oliver brown's daughter was unable to attend high school because there were none for her to attend.