Which statement describes the Supreme Court's decision in the Brown vs Board of Education case? A. It agreed with the earlier Plessy vs Feguson ruling on public education B. It declared that segregated public schools were unconstitutional. C. It upheld "separate but equal" public education. D. It said that states had to choose what kind of public schools to provide

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21 May, 01:22

Which statement describes the Supreme Court's decision in the Brown vs Board of Education case? A. It agreed with the earlier Plessy vs Feguson ruling on public education B. It declared that segregated public schools were unconstitutional. C. It upheld "separate but equal" public education. D. It said that states had to choose what kind of public schools to provide

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Miles Glass · Answer 1

B) it declared that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.

A, C, and D are wrong because Brown v Board actually overrode the decision from Plessy v Ferguson and declared "separate but equal" as unconstitutional. This decision affected every single public school in the nation.