Question

What was the NAACP’s goal in filing the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit?

A.to create equal facilities for segregated schools
B.to end segregation in public education
C.to fund African American public schools
D.to strengthen segregation in public education

Answer 1

The correct answer to this question is C. The NAACP’s goal in filing the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit was to fund African American public schools.

Answer 2

The correct answer is alternative B: to end segregation in public education.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) filed the case with the claim that it was unconstitutional to have segregated facilities for black and white. They won the case, and the United States Supreme Court ruled racial segregation to be unconstitutional in public schools.