Advanced Placement-Style United States History
  Question of the Day--Answer and Explanation


George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit after
Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
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Question 965:

The 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision

    (A)    resulted in the immediate integration of schools throughout the South
    (B)    supported the Plessy v. Ferguson doctrine of separate but equal
    (C)    was met with support and enthusiasm throughout the Southern states
    (D)    ruled that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal
    (E)    immediately followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer:

(D)    ruled that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
Explanation:

The Warren Court decision in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education reversed the separate but equal doctrine that prevailed since the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision which it declared was a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. Schools were to desegregate "with all deliberate speed" which turned out to mean slowly.
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