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What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the case of Brown v. Board of Education?
A. Segregated facilities are inherently unequal and violate the 14th Amendment
B. Segregation is a matter of states' rights
C. Segregation is legal as long as separate facilities are equal

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Answer:Board of Education of Topeka, case in which on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9–0) that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person within their jurisdictions.

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