Which of the Following Best Summarizes the Supreme Court's Ruling

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best summarizes the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ?

• A) Racially segregated schools can never be equal.
• B) States that segregate must spend more money to make African American schools equal.
• C) States that segregate must spend less money on all-white schools in order to make them equal with African American schools.
• D) The federal judiciary, but not Congress, has the power to enforce civil rights.
• E) School segregation is unethical but does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.

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