In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the Constitution because separate schools were inherently unequal. The decision rejected the “separate but equal” principle established by Plessy v. Ferguson, so A is correct. Brown specifically addressed public schools, rather than declaring every form of segregation unconstitutional in that one ruling.

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