PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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Question
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Which of the following action would have been illegal following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?
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A white principal turning away an African American student because there is a separate school in town for black children
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Forcing elderly African American women to give up their seat on a public bus
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He effectively argued against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education
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He advocated nonviolence as he led the civil rights movement
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the “separate but equal” principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) a unanimous Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
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