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"Does the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprive the minority children of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment?" ("Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1)." (1 of 1).

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The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case determined that the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprived minority children of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.

Step-by-step explanation:

The landmark US Supreme Court case of 1954, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment, regardless of whether those schools were equal in every other aspect.

The unanimous decision, in this case, determined that the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprived minority children of equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.

The court concluded that segregated schools perpetuated harm by giving legal sanction to the idea that African Americans were inherently inferior.

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