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AssignmentMultiple Choice

The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Question 11 • 11011de2 CONNECTED Fall 2026 NM-US History and Geography S2

In 1950, the NAACP focused its legal efforts on which of the following items?

Answer
A
Ending segregation in public graduate and professional schools
B
Fighting to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson itself
C
Ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment and the Due Process clause

Explanation

In 1950, the NAACP’s legal strategy focused on challenging segregation in public graduate and professional schools, where states often provided unequal educational opportunities. This approach helped build the legal case against school segregation that culminated in Brown v. Board of Education. The Fourteenth Amendment had already been ratified, and the NAACP was challenging the effects of Plessy v. Ferguson rather than directly asking the Court to overturn it at that point.

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