What was Brown V. The Board of Education?

• A. Supreme Court case that overturns Plessy V. Ferguson.
• B. Supreme Court decision that upheld separate but equal.
• C. A legislative act to create new districts.
• D. A local school board policy.

Answer: (A)

Brown v. Board of Education was a 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional by overturning the "separate but equal" standard established in Plessy v. Ferguson. The Court held that separating students by race denies equal protection of the laws because separate facilities are inherently unequal. This was a federal court decision, not a legislative act or a local school policy, and it marked a turning point in the push for desegregation and civil rights in the United States.