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Civil Rights: Challenges and Changes

Question 7 • TX-US History Studies Since 1877 B-Runnels

What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education?

Answer
A
Public school education had to be separate but equal.
B
Only military colleges and universities had to desegregate.
C
It was unconstitutional to segregate public schooling.
D
School districts could decide whether to desegregate.

Explanation

In Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. The Court rejected the idea that segregated schools could be “separate but equal,” so public schooling could not be segregated by race. The correct choice is “It was unconstitutional to segregate public schooling.”

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