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Explain why segregation was a violation of the 14th amendment.

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th Amendment and was therefore unconstitutional and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

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