Champaign woman who won high court ruling dead at 93

Vashti McCollum, the Champaign woman who successfully carried a dispute with the Champaign school district all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, died Sunday evening at Carle Arbours in Savoy. She was 93.

A memorial service will be arranged, said her son, former Champaign Mayor Dan McCollum.

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