What Was the Supreme Court's Justification for Overturning the Separate-But-Equal

question 23

Multiple Choice

What was the Supreme Court's justification for overturning the separate-but-equal doctrine?

• A) The Supreme Court did not have all of the facts when it adopted the separate-but-equal doctrine.
• B) The separate-but-equal doctrine was never intended to apply to people.
• C) The quality of life for African Americans in the South had deteriorated considerably since the adoption of the separate-but-equal doctrine.
• D) The Supreme Court needed to step in because the South had been unwilling to segregate educational facilities as required by Plessy v. Ferguson.
• E) Segregated schools stigmatize minority children and are inherently unequal.

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