Which of the following is NOT true of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)?
A. The decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by declaring that segregation of schools was unconstitutional.
B. The case argued for equal funding for segregated schools.
C. The suit got its name from Oliver Brown, whose eight-year-old daughter was barred from attending a whites-only elementary school.
D. The case consisted of five lawsuits combined into a single suit.
Answer: B
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