Question

Read part of an outline for a narrative essay on the integration of public schools.

2. The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling of 1954 paved the way for integration and civil rights.
A. overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
B. ordered all public schools to desegregate Which best describes item (A) in the outline above? a topic sentence a supporting detail the thesis statement the concluding statement
A. a topic sentence
B. a supporting detail
C. the thesis statement
D. the concluding statement

Answer 1

The answer is a supporting detail

Answer 2

B. a supporting detail

Step-by-step explanation:

Supporting details refer to all the additional information (like anecdotes, stories, examples, incidents, facts, statements) that explains,¡ and reinforce a point so we could fully understand it and be persuaded of its accuracy.

Option A, (The Brown v. Board of Education) overturned Plessy v. Fergurson, is a supporting detail of the point "The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling of 1954 paved the way for integration and civil rights" because the Plessy v. Fergurson, decided in 1896, allowed segregation to continue since it did not itself constitute unlawful discrimination.

However, the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) proved that segregation was a form of discrimination and therefore, it overturned Plessy v. Fergurson and this way the former paved the way for integration and civil rights.