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2. How did the history of education and the Fourteenth Amendment influence the decision of the court?

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Segregation of public schools by the state was unlawful since it violated the 14th Amendment. This landmark judgment put an end to the Supreme Court's "separate but equal" doctrine, which had been in place for almost 60 years and served as a spark for the growing civil rights movement.
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