A black third grade girl had to walk 1 mile through a railroad yard to get to her segregated school, even though there was a white school only 7 blocks from her home. When her parents tried to enroll her in the closer, white school, the principal refused because of her race. In response, the parents went to the NAACP to request an end to school segregation, relating to the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.