Why did Thurgood Marshall cite the Fourteenth Amendment to argue that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

The Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause requires states to treat people equally under the law. Thurgood Marshall argued that separating students by race in public schools violated this guarantee, because segregated schools were not truly equal. The correct choice is “The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.”

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