s, beaches, jobs, housing, voting-black people had equal\rrights to white people in most areas of society. The ruling also helped improve rights\rfor women and the disabled.\rCongresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said: "Brown was the most important\rcourt decision in US history." In other countries, these problems may have been\rsolved through violence, she added..\rTo mark the 50th anniversary of the Brown decision, a museum was opened at\rLinda Brown's old school. Visitors get to walk through the “Tunnel of Courage”?in\rwhich they are surrounded by photos of shouting crowds and barking dogs. This\rgives them a taste of the hardships that Brown faced at the whites-only school.