Why Is Brown V

question 42

Multiple Choice

Why is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) considered such an important civil rights decision?

• A)The decision declared the all-white primary election illegal.
• B)The decision ended the practice of racial segregation in law schools.
• C)The decision overturned state bans on interracial marriage.
• D)The decision required the states to enforce the Civil Rights Act.
• E)The decision ended the legal concept of separate-but-equal.

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