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Which Supreme Court decision did Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturn?

a. Dred Scott v. Sanford
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. McCulloch v. Maryland
d. Barron v. Baltimore

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Answer: B. Plessy v. Ferguson

The case of Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned in 1954 by Brown v. Board of Education. In Plessy v. Ferguson(1896), the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a Louisiana law mandating separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites on intrastate railroads was constitution

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