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What school was desegregated by the US Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
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Although Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas(1954) may appear to refer specifically to one child and one school district (this was actually a consolidation of five separate cases sharing a single title), the U.S. Supreme Court ruling had an impact on education across the United States. Brown overturned an earlier Supreme Court ruling, Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) that declared "separate but equal" was constitutional, and allowed for de jure (legal) segregation of most aspects of life, including education.
Plessy allowed school districts to send African-American children to all-black schools, while white children attended better, all-white schools. The Warren Court held that "separate but equal" was not equal because, even if facilities and materials were identical, segregation created an inherent sense of inferiority in African-Americans, and therefore violated the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause.
Because segregation was declared unconstitutional, all schools in the United States were affected by the decision in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954).
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