Question 9 What was the Brown II Board of Education decision and what reasons did the Brown is Board of Education Supreme Court majority use explain its ruling? An optional way you may start your response in - The court explained that III

The Brown v. Board of Education decision was a landmark ruling by the United States Supreme Court in 1954 that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The Brown Board of Education Supreme Court majority used the argument that 'eparate educational facilities are inherently unequal' to explain its ruling. This decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of 1896, which had allowed state-sponsored segregation. The Brown decision was a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement and paved the way for integration and the end of legal segregation in the United States.