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Was the Supreme Court case that ruled that maintaining separate public schools for blacks and whites was in violation of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.

A.
"Plessy v. Ferguson" (1896)
B.
"Board of Regents of California v. Bakke" (1978)
C.
"Brown v. Board of Education" (1954)
D.
the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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C. "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954)

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The correct answer to this question is: C. "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954)

In Brown, the Supreme Court held that "separate but equal" as set up in Plessy v. Ferguson was a violation of the 14th amendment.

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