In Response to the Supreme Court's Decision in Brown V

question 104

Multiple Choice

In response to the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education (1954) , southern officials

• A)passed laws requiring schools to desegregate.
• B)centralized school board authority with the state to prevent local districts from obeying the Supreme Court.
• C)praised the Court's decision.
• D)enacted so-called pupil placement laws, which put the burden of transferring to all-white schools on local school boards rather than parents.

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