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Equal Education

Question 14 • RMA FL-2100310-United States History Semester 2

Which statement(s) below did Thurgood Marshall use to argue against segregation of public schools in Brown v. Board of Education?Check all that apply.

Answer
A
It denied African Americans equal protection of the law.
B
It violated the Thirteenth Amendment.
C
It made African American children feel inferior.
D
It created separate but truly equal facilities.

Explanation

Marshall argued that school segregation denied Black students the equal protection guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. He also presented evidence that segregation made African American children feel inferior and harmed their development. The Thirteenth Amendment was not the basis of this argument, and segregated schools were not truly equal.

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