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The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark Supreme Court decision issued in 1954. It challenged the constitutionality of racial segregation in public schools, specifically contesting the "separate but equal" doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson. The Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public education was inherently unequal, thus unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision played a crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement, leading to the desegregation of schools across the United States.

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