What supreme court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

Answer 1

Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) held that "separate but equal is inherently unequal" in public school education, overturning as unconstitutional the "separate but equal" standard allowed in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896). The Court determined that segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause.

(A companion case, Bolling v. Sharpe, (1954) made the same declaration with regard to schools in the District of Columbia, federal territory.)

Case Citation:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

Answer 2

Brown v. Topeka .Marshall was the first African American justice and spent his life fighting for equality. As a young man he had experienced discrimination first hand. He was the lawyer for Brown v Topeka and argued that separate but equal was not equal at all. He was a great man and powerful ally for equality and civil rights for all.

Answer 3

Brown v. Topeka .Marshall was the first African American justice and spent his life fighting for equality. As a young man he had experienced discrimination first hand. He was the lawyer for Brown v Topeka and argued that separate but equal was not equal at all. He was a great man and powerful ally for equality and civil rights for all.