In 1954, the Case Brown V

question 59

Multiple Choice

In 1954, the case Brown v. Board of Education overturned nearly sixty years of legal segregation that began with the _____ case.

• A)Plessy v. Ferguson
• B)Loving v. Virginia
• C)California v. Bakke
• D)Scott v. Sandford
• E)Shelley v. Kraemer

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