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Explain how the Brown vs. Board of Education case differed from previous Supreme Court cases.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Prior to Brown v. Board, the case law of the United States allowed segregation if the facilities were "separate but equal" (Plessy v. Ferguson). After Brown, this went away as Brown ruled that separate could never be equal.

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