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　　American grade 3 student Linda Brown had to walk a long way through a railway yard to get to her school in Topeka, Kansas．There was another school closer to home－　　1　　 Linda was black and this school was 　　2　　 white children only．Then her 　　3　　 made a decision that ended in a court case which 　　4　　 US society forever．

　　The decision was simple：Linda was to 　　5　　 in the nearby all-white school．After the school 　　6　　 her, Mr．Brown brought a charge against the local education department．

　　The case made it all the 　　7　　 to the US Supreme Court． On May 17, 1954, the court 　　8　　 that "Separate educational facilities are unequal．" This historic ruling ended racial segregation(种族隔离)by 　　9　　 black children to go to the same schools as white children, and this 　　10　　 equal treatment for blacks and whites．

　　Thanks to the Brown ruling, from the late 1950s segregation was 　　11　　 on a much wider scale．Buses, beaches, jobs, housing, voting－black people had equal rights 　　12　　 white people in most areas of society．The ruling 　　13　　 helped improve rights for women and the disabled．

　　Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said："Brown was the most important court decision in US 　　14　　．" In other countries, these problems．　　15　　 have been solved through violence, she added．

　　To 　　16　　 the 50th anniversary of the Brown decision, a museum was opened at Linda Brown's old school．　　17　　 get to walk through the "Tunnel of Courage", in 　　18　　 they are surrounded by photos of 　　19　　 crowds and barking dogs．This gives them a taste of the hardships that Brown 　　20　　 at the whites-only school．

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　　Seventeen-year-old Randy Waldron, Jr．was shocked when he applied for his first credit card and was denied．He was even more shocked by the reason：He failed to repay thousands of dollars in debt．

　　Waldron's identity had been stolen by his father, who left when Randy was learning to walk．Form 1982 to 1999, Randy Waldron, Sr, used his son's Social Security number to obtain credit from various merchants and lenders, then racked up tens of thousands of dollars in debts．He declared bankruptcy in his son's name, which resulted in default judgments against the younger Waldron．It has taken Randy Jr．now a 24-year-old flight attendant, years to untangle the mess．

　　Waldron isn't alone．Identity theft is this country's fastest-growing crime-and, increasingly, ID thieves are targeting children．Their clean credit and absence of criminal histories make them ideal victims．

　　Linda Foley，co-executive director of the Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego estimates that at least 400, 000 children had their identities stolen in 2005．more than double the number in 2003．Waldron's case is typical：The resource center estimates that two-thirds of child ID thefts are committed by family members．

　　Some dishonest persons use children's names and Social Security numbers to ring up massive debts; others use children's identities in place of their own when caught committing other crimes; still others sell identification information on the black market to illegal immigrants, fellow criminals or even terrorists．The theft brings its victims enormous financial and emotional trauma, in part because the identity abuse often goes undetected for years．

　　Dealing with child identity theft after it happens is extremely difficult．Laws in many states are insufficient to handle the crime's complexity, and financial institutions are often less than helpful．Randy Waldron, Jr．, has worked tirelessly for eight years to straighten out his credit record, and he continues to deal with the fallout．“It's been a very long and arduous battle, ”he says．“Recovering my identity was really the absolute hardest part．I think a lot of victims assume the problem will go away．”

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