The landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education was significant because it

A. effectively brought the Civil Rights Era to a triumphant close.
B. overturned the doctrine of "separate but equal."
C. was the first instance in which the Supreme Court decided in favor of protecting African Americans' civil rights.
D. required the immediate end of segregation in public schools.
E. effectively ended segregation, both de jure and de facto, in America's public schools.


Answer: B

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