The Supreme Court reversed Plessy v. Ferguson in 1954 when it ruled that segregating public schools was ______ in the case called Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

A. upheld
B. unconstitutional
C. legal
D. mandated


Answer: B

Sociology

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What will be an ideal response?

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