It was the 14th amendment that was violated. The 14th amendment guarantees equal protection of the laws for every US citizen. Since racial minorities were being segregated, it was not an equal protection of the law
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)The Fourteenth Amendment, specifically the Equal Protection ClauseFor more information, see Related Questions, below
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The court decided that the segregation of students in schools violated the "equal protection clause" of the fourteenth amendment, because separate facilities were obviously unequal.
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fourteenth amendment
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)The Fourteenth Amendment, specifically the Equal Protection ClauseFor more information, see Related Questions, below
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Many openly violated or disobeyed the law.
Brown v. Board of Education
In Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) the Supreme Court held racial segregation in public school education is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause.Case Citation:Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)
Chief Justice Warren concluded that legally sanctioned segregated education was unconstitutional and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954. He stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
Brown v. Board of Education ruled that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional because they violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This landmark Supreme Court decision in 1954 declared that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and paved the way for the desegregation of schools in the United States.