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In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education

• overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling segregation unconstitutional.
O stated that African American and white schools needed to be equal.
O upheld the Separate Car Act by ruling that segregation was legal.
O upheld Plessy v. Ferguson by ruling segregation constitutional.

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Answer is A / #1 - overturned Plessy v Ferguson by ruling segregation unconstitutional.

Reason - Originally Plessy v Ferguson was upheld because of separate but equal segregation clause.
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