USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What case found that racial segregation violated 14th amendment protections found in the equal protection clause (1954)?
A
Plessy v. Ferguson
B
Brown v. Board of Education
C
the Civil Rights Cases
D
Roe v. Wade
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Topeka Brown case is important because it helped convince the Court that even when physical facilities and other “tangible” factors were equal, segregation still deprived minority children of equal educational opportunities.

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